Financial Survey: i-80 Gold (IAUX) versus Its Rivals

i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) is one of 114 publicly-traded companies in the “Gold & silver ores” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare i-80 Gold to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i-80 Gold’s peers have a beta of 0.98, meaning that their average share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares i-80 Gold and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
i-80 Gold	$54.91 million	-$65.20 million	-1.60
i-80 Gold Competitors	$1.56 billion	-$71.11 million	-21.22

i-80 Gold’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for i-80 Gold and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
i-80 Gold	0	3	0	1	2.50
i-80 Gold Competitors	1168	3724	4537	131	2.38

i-80 Gold presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 507.64%. As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 25.55%. Given i-80 Gold’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares i-80 Gold and its peers’ 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%
i-80 Gold Competitors	-57.94%	4.01%	3.23%

Summary

i-80 Gold beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

i-80 Gold Company Profile

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.