RCF Acquisition (NYSE:RCFA – Get Free Report) and Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD – Get Free Report) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares RCF Acquisition and Barrick Gold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
RCF Acquisition | N/A | -79.90% | 6.86% |
Barrick Gold | 13.19% | 5.82% | 4.07% |
Risk and Volatility
RCF Acquisition has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for RCF Acquisition and Barrick Gold, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
RCF Acquisition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Barrick Gold | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2.64 |
Barrick Gold has a consensus price target of $25.60, suggesting a potential upside of 56.67%. Given Barrick Gold’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than RCF Acquisition.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares RCF Acquisition and Barrick Gold”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
RCF Acquisition | N/A | N/A | $5.15 million | N/A | N/A |
Barrick Gold | $12.34 billion | 2.31 | $1.27 billion | $0.93 | 17.57 |
Barrick Gold has higher revenue and earnings than RCF Acquisition.
Summary
Barrick Gold beats RCF Acquisition on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About RCF Acquisition
RCF Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It focuses to target assets or businesses of scale across the critical minerals value chain that are poised to benefit over the long-term from the substantial market opportunity created by the global energy transition. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
About Barrick Gold
Barrick Gold Corporation is a sector-leading gold and copper producer. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GOLD and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ABX.
In January 2019 Barrick merged with Randgold Resources and in July that year it combined its gold mines in Nevada, USA, with those of Newmont Corporation in a joint venture, Nevada Gold Mines, which is majority-owned and operated by Barrick. Nevada Gold Mines is the world’s largest gold mining complex. Barrick owns and operates six Tier One gold mines: Cortez, Carlin and Turquoise Ridge in Nevada, Loulo-Gounkoto in Mali, Kibali in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic.
It has gold and copper mines and projects in 13 countries in North and South America, Africa, Papua New Guinea and Saudi Arabia. Barrick’s diversified portfolio spans the world’s most prolific gold districts and is focused on high-margin, long life assets.
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