AGI vs. PAAS, K, BTO, LUG, ELD, OR, TNX, PRU, EQX, and IMG
Should you be buying Alamos Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alamos Gold include Pan American Silver (PAAS), Kinross Gold (K), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), TRX Gold (TNX), Perseus Mining (PRU), Equinox Gold (EQX), and IAMGOLD (IMG). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Alamos Gold (TSE:AGI) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 13 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alamos Gold and 1 mentions for Pan American Silver. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Alamos Gold pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pan American Silver pays out -122.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Pan American Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alamos Gold received 336 more outperform votes than Pan American Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.45% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 61.98% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote.
69.5% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alamos Gold has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamos Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 20.52% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -4.48%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 7.44% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.
Alamos Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$22.55, indicating a potential upside of 10.54%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of C$29.13, indicating a potential upside of 14.26%. Given Pan American Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Alamos Gold.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats Pan American Silver on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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