Head-To-Head Review: i-80 Gold (IAUX) & Its Peers

i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) is one of 113 public companies in the “Gold & silver ores” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare i-80 Gold to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for i-80 Gold and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
i-80 Gold	0	4	0	0	2.00
i-80 Gold Competitors	1158	3696	4515	128	2.38

i-80 Gold presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 496.46%. As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 36.23%. Given i-80 Gold’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than its peers.

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	-59.27%	4.68%	3.68%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i-80 Gold’s peers have a beta of 0.94, meaning that their average share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares i-80 Gold and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
i-80 Gold	$52.94 million	-$65.20 million	-1.63
i-80 Gold Competitors	$4.71 billion	-$71.11 million	-17.76

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.

Summary

i-80 Gold peers beat i-80 Gold on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

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.