Contrasting Dakota Gold (DC) & Its Competitors

Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC) is one of 103 public companies in the “Metal mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Dakota Gold to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Dakota Gold and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dakota Gold	N/A	-37.78%	-36.42%
Dakota Gold Competitors	-85.21%	-4.69%	-4.33%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Dakota Gold and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dakota Gold	N/A	-$36.45 million	-5.48
Dakota Gold Competitors	$7.33 billion	$1.08 billion	8.03

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

37.4% of Dakota Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 26.0% of Dakota Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are held by company 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Dakota Gold and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dakota Gold	0	0	0	0	N/A
Dakota Gold Competitors	1127	2469	3043	108	2.32

As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 36.37%. Given Dakota Gold’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dakota Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Dakota Gold has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dakota Gold’s peers have a beta of 0.53, suggesting that their average share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dakota Gold peers beat Dakota Gold on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About Dakota Gold

Dakota Gold Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in the United States. It primarily explores for gold deposits. The company holds 100% interest in the Blind Gold, City Creek, Tinton, West Corridor, Ragged Top, Poorman Anticline, Maitland, South Lead/ Whistler Gulch, the Barrick Option, Richmond Hill and Homestake Paleoplacer Properties located in Homestake Mining District, South Dakota. Dakota Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Lead, South Dakota.