Head-To-Head Survey: Gold.com (GOLD) vs. The Competition

Gold.com (NYSE:GOLD) is one of 158 publicly-traded companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Gold.com to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Gold.com and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gold.com	$10.98 billion	$17.32 million	13.69
Gold.com Competitors	$6.50 billion	$365.60 million	20.59

Gold.com has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. Gold.com 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.

Dividends

Gold.com pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Gold.com pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.0% and pay out 36.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Gold.com and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gold.com	0	2	4	0	2.67
Gold.com Competitors	1424	4869	6663	220	2.43

Gold.com presently has a consensus target price of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.12%. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 15.74%. Given Gold.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gold.com is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gold.com	0.35%	17.82%	4.21%
Gold.com Competitors	0.71%	-34.50%	3.15%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

62.9% of Gold.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Gold.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Gold.com has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold.com’s competitors have a beta of 1.30, indicating that their average share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gold.com beats its competitors on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Gold.com Company Profile

A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a precious metals trading company. It operates in three segments: Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, Direct-to-Consumer, and Secured Lending. The Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services segment sells gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in the form of bars, plates, powders, wafers, grains, ingots, and coins. This segment also offers various ancillary services, including financing, storage, consignment, logistics, and various customized financial programs; and designs and produces minted silver products. The Direct-to-Consumer segment provides access to an array of gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium products through its websites and marketplaces. It operates five company-owned websites targeting specific niches within the precious metals retail market. This segment also operates as a direct retailer of precious metals to the investor community and markets its precious metal products on television, radio, and the internet, as well as through customer service outreach. The Secured Lending segment originates and acquires commercial loans secured by bullion and numismatic coins; and serves coin and precious metal dealers, investors, and collectors. The company serves customers, including financial institutions, bullion retailers, industrial manufacturers and fabricators, sovereign mints, refiners, coin and metal dealers, investors, collectors, and e-commerce and other retail customers. It has operations in the United States, rest of North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Africa, and Australia. A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.