Head to Head Analysis: U.S. GoldMining (USGO) vs. Its Peers

U.S. GoldMining (NASDAQ:USGO) is one of 114 public companies in the “Gold & silver ores” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare U.S. GoldMining to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares U.S. GoldMining and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	-$9.36 million	-12.96
U.S. GoldMining Competitors	$4.93 billion	-$62.19 million	-17.68

U.S. GoldMining’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than U.S. GoldMining. U.S. GoldMining is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for U.S. GoldMining and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U.S. GoldMining	0	0	1	0	3.00
U.S. GoldMining Competitors	1169	3443	4309	157	2.38

U.S. GoldMining currently has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 188.04%. As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 9.69%. Given U.S. GoldMining’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. GoldMining is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares U.S. GoldMining and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. GoldMining	N/A	-71.04%	-65.02%
U.S. GoldMining Competitors	-58.41%	4.27%	3.38%

Volatility & Risk

U.S. GoldMining has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. GoldMining’s competitors have a beta of 0.79, indicating that their average stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

U.S. GoldMining beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About U.S. GoldMining

U.S. GoldMining Inc., an exploration stage company, engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in the United States. The company's primary asset is the 100%-owned Whistler exploration property, a gold-copper exploration project comprising mining claims totaling 53,700 acres located in Yentna Mining District, Alaska. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Vancouver, Canada. U.S. GoldMining Inc. operates as a subsidiary of GoldMining Inc.