Augusta Gold (BFGCD) vs. Its Rivals Financial Survey

Augusta Gold (OTCMKTS:BFGCD) is one of 112 publicly-traded companies in the “Metal Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Augusta Gold to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Augusta Gold has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Augusta Gold’s competitors have a beta of 0.54, meaning that their average share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Augusta Gold and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Augusta Gold	N/A	N/A	N/A
Augusta Gold Competitors	-84.86%	-3.67%	-3.47%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

27.5% of shares of all “Metal Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Augusta Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of shares of all “Metal Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Augusta Gold and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Augusta Gold	N/A	N/A	-4.35
Augusta Gold Competitors	$6.77 billion	$973.46 million	-3.25

Augusta Gold’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Augusta Gold. Augusta Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Augusta Gold and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Augusta Gold	0	0	0	0	N/A
Augusta Gold Competitors	1184	2557	3111	120	2.31

As a group, “Metal Mining” companies have a potential upside of 39.92%. Given Augusta Gold’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Augusta Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Augusta Gold beats its competitors on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Augusta Gold

Augusta Gold Corp., a junior exploration company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in the United States. It primarily explores for gold, silver, and other metals. The company holds interests in the Bullfrog gold project located in the Bullfrog Hills of Nye County, Nevada. It also owns, controls, or has acquired mineral rights on Federal patented and unpatented mining claims in the state of Nevada for the purpose of exploration and potential development of metals on a total of approximately 7,800 acres of land. The company was formerly known as Bullfrog Gold Corp. and changed its name to Augusta Gold Corp. in January 2021. Augusta Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.