Reviewing Dakota Gold (DC) and Its Rivals

Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC) is one of 103 publicly-traded companies in the “Metal mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Dakota Gold to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Dakota Gold has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dakota Gold’s peers have a beta of 1.08, suggesting that their average share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

37.4% of Dakota Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 26.0% of Dakota Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Dakota Gold and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dakota Gold	0	0	0	0	N/A
Dakota Gold Competitors	1125	2455	2987	107	2.31

As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 37.48%. Given Dakota Gold’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dakota Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Dakota Gold and its peers’ 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	-77.04%	-4.64%	-4.29%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dakota Gold	N/A	-$36.45 million	-5.66
Dakota Gold Competitors	$7.14 billion	$1.04 billion	6.79

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

Summary

Dakota Gold peers beat Dakota Gold on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About Dakota Gold

Dakota Gold Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. 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, and Cambrian Unconformity Properties located Homestake Mining District, South Dakota. It also holds an option to acquire 100% interest in the Barrick Option and the Richmond Hill Option projects situated in Homestake Mining District, South Dakota. Dakota Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Lead, South Dakota.