CEY vs. HOC, RSG, PAF, EDV, BREE, VSVS, VCT, ELM, SRC, and ADT1
Should you be buying Centamin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centamin include Hochschild Mining (HOC), Resolute Mining (RSG), Pan African Resources (PAF), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Breedon Group (BREE), Vesuvius (VSVS), Victrex (VCT), Elementis (ELM), SigmaRoc (SRC), and Adriatic Metals (ADT1). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Centamin (LON:CEY) and Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Centamin has a net margin of 10.35% compared to Hochschild Mining's net margin of -7.93%. Centamin's return on equity of 14.33% beat Hochschild Mining's return on equity.
Centamin received 437 more outperform votes than Hochschild Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.48% of users gave Centamin an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Hochschild Mining an outperform vote.
71.1% of Centamin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centamin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.6% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Centamin has higher revenue and earnings than Hochschild Mining. Hochschild Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centamin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Centamin had 6 more articles in the media than Hochschild Mining. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Centamin and 1 mentions for Hochschild Mining. Hochschild Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Centamin's score of 0.47 indicating that Hochschild Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Centamin currently has a consensus price target of GBX 150, suggesting a potential upside of 24.17%. Hochschild Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 140, suggesting a potential downside of 7.41%. Given Centamin's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Centamin is more favorable than Hochschild Mining.
Centamin pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hochschild Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Centamin pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hochschild Mining pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hochschild Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Centamin has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hochschild Mining has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Centamin beats Hochschild Mining on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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