Analyzing Northern Dynasty Minerals (NASDAQ:NAK) & Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST)

Northern Dynasty Minerals (NASDAQ:NAK) and Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Northern Dynasty Minerals and Austin Gold”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.12)	-15.92
Austin Gold	N/A	N/A	-$4.00 million	($0.14)	-12.43

Northern Dynasty Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Austin Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Northern Dynasty Minerals has a beta of -0.06, indicating that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Austin Gold has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Northern Dynasty Minerals and Austin Gold, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Dynasty Minerals	0	0	1	0	3.00
Austin Gold	0	0	0	0	0.00

Northern Dynasty Minerals presently has a consensus price target of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.89%. Given Northern Dynasty Minerals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Northern Dynasty Minerals is more favorable than Austin Gold.

Profitability

This table compares Northern Dynasty Minerals and Austin Gold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Austin Gold	N/A	-37.85%	-36.54%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

10.6% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Austin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Northern Dynasty Minerals beats Austin Gold on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Northern Dynasty Minerals

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. engages in the exploration of mineral properties in the United States. Its principal mineral property is the Pebble Copper-Gold-Molybdenum-Silver-Rhenium project comprising 1,840 mineral claims that covers an area of approximately 274 square miles located in southwest Alaska, 17 miles from the villages of Iliamna and Newhalen, and approximately 200 miles southwest of the city of Anchorage. The company was formerly known as Northern Dynasty Explorations Ltd. and changed its name to Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. in October 1997. Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Austin Gold

Austin Gold Corp., a gold exploration company, focuses on the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of mineral property interests in Nevada. The company holds interest in Kelly Creek Project located in the Kelly Creek Basin, in southeastern Humboldt County, Nevada; Fourmile Basin Project that comprises various unpatented lode mining claims covering approximately 6410 acres located in Nye County; the Lone Mountain Project consisting of various unpatented lode mining and patented mining claims located near Lone Mountain in Elko County. It also holds interest in the Miller Project consisting various unpatented lode mining claims located in Elko County in Nevada. Austin Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.