Financial Contrast: Dakota Gold (DC) versus The Competition

Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC) is one of 105 public companies in the “Metal mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Dakota Gold to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Dakota Gold and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dakota Gold	0	0	0	0	N/A
Dakota Gold Competitors	1137	2489	3056	109	2.31

As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 37.05%. Given Dakota Gold’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dakota Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Dakota Gold has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dakota Gold’s competitors have a beta of 1.17, meaning that their average share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

37.4% of Dakota Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 26.0% of Dakota Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Dakota Gold and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dakota Gold	N/A	-$36.45 million	-5.21
Dakota Gold Competitors	$7.00 billion	$1.01 billion	3.73

Dakota Gold’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Dakota Gold. Dakota Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Dakota Gold and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dakota Gold	N/A	-37.78%	-36.42%
Dakota Gold Competitors	-85.69%	-4.99%	-4.51%

Summary

Dakota Gold competitors beat Dakota Gold on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

Dakota Gold Company Profile

Dakota Gold Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in the United States. It primarily explores for gold deposits. The company holds 100% interest in the Blind Gold, City Creek, Tinton, West Corridor, Ragged Top, Poorman Anticline, Maitland, South Lead/ Whistler Gulch, the Barrick Option, Richmond Hill and Homestake Paleoplacer Properties located in Homestake Mining District, South Dakota. Dakota Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Lead, South Dakota.