Contrasting Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) & Augusta Gold (OTCMKTS:AUGG)

Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) and Augusta Gold (OTCMKTS:AUGG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Triple Flag Precious Metals and Augusta Gold, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Triple Flag Precious Metals	0	3	4	1	2.75
Augusta Gold	0	0	0	0	0.00

Triple Flag Precious Metals currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential downside of 16.30%. Given Triple Flag Precious Metals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Triple Flag Precious Metals is more favorable than Augusta Gold.

Volatility and Risk

Triple Flag Precious Metals has a beta of -0.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Augusta Gold has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

82.9% of Triple Flag Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Augusta Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 45.8% of Augusta Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Triple Flag Precious Metals and Augusta Gold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triple Flag Precious Metals	53.11%	8.81%	8.60%
Augusta Gold	N/A	-29.28%	-11.48%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Triple Flag Precious Metals and Augusta Gold”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Triple Flag Precious Metals	$268.99 million	22.01	-$23.08 million	$0.86	33.34
Augusta Gold	N/A	N/A	-$6.59 million	($0.08)	-15.25

Augusta Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Triple Flag Precious Metals. Augusta Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Triple Flag Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Triple Flag Precious Metals beats Augusta Gold on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Triple Flag Precious Metals

Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp., a precious-metals-focused streaming and royalty company, engages in acquiring and managing precious metals, streams, royalties and other mineral interests in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Honduras, Mexico, Mongolia, Peru, South Africa, the United States, and internationally. The company has a portfolio of streams and royalties providing exposure to gold, silver, nickel, copper, zinc, and lead. It holds a royalty interest in the Beta Hunt mine located in Pert, Wester Australia; the Camino Rojo gold and silver mine located in Mexico; the El Mochito polymetallic mine located in north-western Honduras; and La Colorada polymetallic mine located in Mexico. Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. was founded in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

About Augusta Gold

Augusta Gold Corp. engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in the United States. The company primarily explores for gold, silver, and other metals. It holds interests in the Bullfrog gold project consists of 734 unpatented lode mining claims and mill site claims, and 87 patented mining claims located in the Bullfrog Hills of Nye County, Nevada; and the Reward Gold Project comprises 123 unpatented Bureau of Land Management (BLM) placer and lode mining claims, and six patented placer mining claims covering approximately 2,333 acres located in Nye County, Nevada. The company was formerly known as Bullfrog Gold Corp. and changed its name to Augusta Gold Corp. in January 2021. Augusta Gold Corp. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.