Newmont (NYSE:NEM) and Hycroft Mining (NASDAQ:HYMC) Head to Head Review

Hycroft Mining (NASDAQ:HYMC) and Newmont (NYSE:NEM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Hycroft Mining has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Hycroft Mining and Newmont, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hycroft Mining	0	0	0	0	0.00
Newmont	1	7	8	2	2.61

Newmont has a consensus target price of $53.80, indicating a potential upside of 28.95%. Given Newmont’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Newmont is more favorable than Hycroft Mining.

Profitability

This table compares Hycroft Mining and Newmont’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hycroft Mining	N/A	-1,270.82%	-36.23%
Newmont	-7.03%	9.80%	5.18%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hycroft Mining and Newmont”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hycroft Mining	$33.23 million	1.60	-$55.02 million	N/A	N/A
Newmont	$11.81 billion	4.02	-$2.49 billion	($1.52)	-27.45

Hycroft Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newmont.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

7.4% of Hycroft Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Hycroft Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Newmont beats Hycroft Mining on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hycroft Mining

Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a gold and silver development company in the United States. The company holds interests in the Hycroft mine that consists of 30 private parcels with patented claims comprising approximately 1,787 acres, and 3,247 unpatented mining claims that encompass approximately 62,298 acres located in the state of Nevada. Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation is based in Winnemucca, Nevada.

About Newmont

Newmont Corporation engages in the production and exploration of gold. It also explores for copper, silver, zinc, and lead. The company has operations and/or assets in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Peru, Suriname, Argentina, Chile, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Ecuador, Fiji, and Ghana. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.