Contrasting Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC) and Quantum Materials (OTCMKTS:QTMM)

Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC) and Quantum Materials (OTCMKTS:QTMM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Dakota Gold and Quantum Materials, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dakota Gold	0	0	1	0	3.00
Quantum Materials	0	0	0	0	0.00

Dakota Gold currently has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 91.61%. Given Dakota Gold’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dakota Gold is more favorable than Quantum Materials.

Volatility and Risk

Dakota Gold has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum Materials has a beta of 2.99, suggesting that its share price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Dakota Gold and Quantum Materials”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dakota Gold	N/A	N/A	-$36.45 million	($0.25)	-21.92
Quantum Materials	N/A	N/A	-$8.96 million	N/A	N/A

Profitability

This table compares Dakota Gold and Quantum Materials’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dakota Gold	N/A	-37.64%	-35.60%
Quantum Materials	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.4% of Dakota Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Quantum Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of Dakota Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Quantum Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Dakota Gold beats Quantum Materials on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dakota Gold

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.

About Quantum Materials

Quantum Materials Corp. engages in the design, development, production and supply of nanomaterials, including quantum dots, tetrapod quantum dots, and other nanoparticles for a range of applications in televisions, displays and other optoelectronics, photovoltaics, solid state lighting, life sciences, security ink, battery, and sensor sectors of the market. The company was founded by Stephen Squires on January 9, 2007 and is headquartered in San Marcos, TX.