Reviewing Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) and Elemental Royalty (NASDAQ:ELE)

Elemental Royalty (NASDAQ:ELE) and Austin Gold (NYSE:AUST) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

62.1% of Austin Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.7% of Austin Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Elemental Royalty and Austin Gold, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elemental Royalty	0	1	1	0	2.50
Austin Gold	0	0	0	0	0.00

Elemental Royalty presently has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 95.43%. Given Elemental Royalty’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Elemental Royalty is more favorable than Austin Gold.

Profitability

This table compares Elemental Royalty and Austin Gold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elemental Royalty	N/A	N/A	N/A
Austin Gold	N/A	-37.85%	-36.54%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Elemental Royalty and Austin Gold”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Elemental Royalty	$33.12 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Austin Gold	N/A	N/A	-$4.00 million	($0.12)	-11.08

Elemental Royalty has higher revenue and earnings than Austin Gold.

Summary

Elemental Royalty beats Austin Gold on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Elemental Royalty

Elemental Royalty Corporation engages in the acquisition and generation of precious metal royalties. The company holds royalties in gold, silver, and copper projects. It operates in North America; South America; Australia; Africa; and internationally. The company was formerly known as Elemental Altus Royalties Corp. and changed its name to Elemental Royalty Corporation in November 2025. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Austin Gold

Austin Gold Corp., a gold exploration company, focuses on the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of mineral property interests in Nevada. The company holds interest in Kelly Creek Project located in the Kelly Creek Basin, in southeastern Humboldt County, Nevada; Fourmile Basin Project that comprises various unpatented lode mining claims covering approximately 6410 acres located in Nye County; the Lone Mountain Project consisting of various unpatented lode mining and patented mining claims located near Lone Mountain in Elko County. It also holds interest in the Miller Project consisting various unpatented lode mining claims located in Elko County in Nevada. Austin Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.