i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) & American International Ventures (OTCMKTS:AIVN) Financial Survey

American International Ventures (OTCMKTS:AIVN) and i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for American International Ventures and i-80 Gold, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American International Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00
i-80 Gold	0	3	0	1	2.50

i-80 Gold has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 451.62%. Given i-80 Gold’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than American International Ventures.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares American International Ventures and i-80 Gold”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American International Ventures	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
i-80 Gold	$52.94 million	5.27	-$65.20 million	($0.36)	-1.76

American International Ventures has higher earnings, but lower revenue than i-80 Gold.

Profitability

This table compares American International Ventures and i-80 Gold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American International Ventures	N/A	N/A	N/A
i-80 Gold	-231.43%	-21.18%	-12.67%

Volatility and Risk

American International Ventures has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

i-80 Gold beats American International Ventures on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American International Ventures

American International Ventures, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and extraction of precious metals, gold, and silver properties located in the Baja California, Mexico. Its flagship mining property is the Mother Lode property located in Baja California, Mexico. The company was formerly known as American Global Enterprises, Inc. and it changed its name to American International Ventures, Inc. in December 2000. American International Ventures, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Lithia, Florida.

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.