Star Gold (OTCMKTS:SRGZ – Get Free Report) and North American Construction Group (NYSE:NOA – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Star Gold and North American Construction Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Star Gold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| North American Construction Group | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2.29 |
North American Construction Group has a consensus target price of $25.75, suggesting a potential upside of 93.32%. Given North American Construction Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than Star Gold.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Star Gold and North American Construction Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Star Gold | N/A | N/A | N/A | ($0.04) | -3.71 |
| North American Construction Group | $919.14 million | 0.40 | $24.22 million | $0.79 | 16.86 |
North American Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Star Gold. Star Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North American Construction Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Star Gold and North American Construction Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Star Gold | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| North American Construction Group | 2.41% | 6.23% | 1.50% |
Summary
North American Construction Group beats Star Gold on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Star Gold
Star Gold Corp., a pre-development stage company, acquires, evaluates, and explores for precious and base metal properties in the United States. The company primarily explores for gold, silver, and other base metal-bearing properties. It holds interest in the Longstreet Property, which includes 142 mineral claims covering an area of approximately 2,500 acres located in Nye County, Nevada. The company was formerly known as Elan Development, Inc. and changed its name to Star Gold Corp. in April 2008. Star Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
About North American Construction Group
North American Construction Group Ltd. provides mining and heavy civil construction services to customers in the resource development and industrial construction sectors in Australia, Canada, and the United States. The company operates Heavy Equipment – Canada, Heavy Equipment – Australia, and Other segments. It also offers mine management services for thermal coal mines; and construction and operations support services in the Canadian oil sands region. In addition, the company provides fully maintained heavy equipment rentals and full service mine operations support at metallurgical and thermal coal mines; heavy equipment rentals to iron ore, gold and lithium producers; and heavy equipment maintenance, component remanufacturing, and full equipment rebuild services to mining companies and other heavy equipment operators, as well as supplies production-critical components to the mining and construction industry. As of December 31, 2023, it operated a heavy equipment fleet of 900 units. The company was formerly known as North American Energy Partners Inc. and changed its name to North American Construction Group Ltd. in April 2018. North American Construction Group Ltd. was incorporated in 1953 and is headquartered in Acheson, Canada.
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