Golden Minerals (NYSE:AUMN – Free Report) and US GoldMining (NASDAQ:USGO – Free Report) are both small-cap companies in the basic materials space, but which stock is better? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, and risk.
Volatility and risk
Golden Minerals has a beta of 0.27, meaning its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. For comparison, US GoldMining has a beta of 2.39, meaning its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Golden Minerals and US GoldMining, provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sales ratings | Keep ratings | Buy reviews | Strong buy recommendations | Evaluation result | |
| Golden Minerals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| US Gold Mining | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Golden Minerals currently has a consensus price target of $6.43, suggesting a potential upside of 1,507.50%. US GoldMining has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 368.13%. Given Golden Minerals’ likely higher upside, equity analysts clearly believe Golden Minerals is cheaper than US GoldMining.
Valuation & Income
This table compares the revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation of Golden Minerals and US GoldMining.
| Gross sales | Price/sales ratio | Net income | Earnings per share | Price-earnings ratio | |
| Golden Minerals | 7.79 million US dollars | 0.75 | -9.23 million US dollars | (0.93 USD) | -0.43 |
| US Gold Mining | N/A | N/A | -9.36 million US dollars | N/A | N/A |
Golden Minerals has higher revenues and profits than US GoldMining.
profitability
This table compares the net margins, return on equity and return on assets of Golden Minerals and US GoldMining.
| Net margins | Return on equity | Return on total assets | |
| Golden Minerals | -77.16% | -223.07% | -57.53% |
| US Gold Mining | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and insider ownership
13.4% of Golden Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. For comparison, 0.5% of US GoldMining shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Golden Minerals shares are held by company insiders. For comparison, 2.0% of US GoldMining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large asset managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Golden Minerals beats US GoldMining on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Golden Minerals
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Golden Minerals Company, a precious metals exploration company, explores for mineral deposits in Argentina, Nevada and Mexico. It explores for gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead and other minerals. The company was formerly known as Apex Silver Mines Limited and changed its name to Golden Minerals Company in March 2009. Golden Minerals Company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Golden, Colorado.
About US GoldMining
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US GoldMining Inc. is an exploration company engaged in the exploration and development of mineral properties in the United States. The Company’s principal asset is its 100% owned Whistler exploration property, a gold-copper exploration project with mining claims totaling 53,700 acres in the Yentna Mining District of Alaska. The Company was founded in 2015 and is based in Vancouver, Canada. US GoldMining Inc. is a subsidiary of GoldMining Inc.
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