i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) & AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) Head-To-Head Review

i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares i-80 Gold and AngloGold Ashanti”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
i-80 Gold	$52.94 million	5.76	-$65.20 million	($0.36)	-1.93
AngloGold Ashanti	$5.79 billion	2.24	$1.00 billion	$3.20	9.65

AngloGold Ashanti has higher revenue and earnings than i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AngloGold Ashanti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for i-80 Gold and AngloGold Ashanti, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
i-80 Gold	0	3	0	1	2.50
AngloGold Ashanti	1	1	4	0	2.50

i-80 Gold presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 404.61%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.10%. Given i-80 Gold’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than AngloGold Ashanti.

Volatility and Risk

i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares i-80 Gold and AngloGold Ashanti’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
i-80 Gold	-231.43%	-21.18%	-12.67%
AngloGold Ashanti	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

AngloGold Ashanti beats i-80 Gold on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About i-80 Gold

i-80 Gold Corp. is a mining company, engages in the exploration, development and production of gold and silver mineral deposits principally in the United States. i-80 Gold Corp. is based in Reno, Nevada.

About AngloGold Ashanti

AngloGold Ashanti plc operates as a gold mining company in Africa, Australia, and the Americas. The company primarily explores for gold, as well as produces silver and sulphuric acid as by-products. Its flagship property is a 100% owned Geita mine located in the Lake Victoria goldfields of the Mwanza region in north-western Tanzania. AngloGold Ashanti plc was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.