CG vs. SEA, DPM, KNT, FVI, OLA, TXG, NGD, WDO, OGC, and SSRM
Should you be buying Centerra Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centerra Gold include Seabridge Gold (SEA), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), K92 Mining (KNT), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Orla Mining (OLA), Torex Gold Resources (TXG), New Gold (NGD), Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO), OceanaGold (OGC), and SSR Mining (SSRM). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Centerra Gold (TSE:CG) and Seabridge Gold (TSE:SEA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
88.4% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.8% of Seabridge Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Seabridge Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Centerra Gold received 217 more outperform votes than Seabridge Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.38% of users gave Seabridge Gold an outperform vote while only 49.72% of users gave Centerra Gold an outperform vote.
Centerra Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Seabridge Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Centerra Gold pays out -53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seabridge Gold pays out -171.4% 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.
Centerra Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$10.57, suggesting a potential upside of 26.41%. Seabridge Gold has a consensus target price of C$25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.03%. Given Centerra Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Centerra Gold is more favorable than Seabridge Gold.
Seabridge Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Centerra Gold. Seabridge Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centerra Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Centerra Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Seabridge Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Centerra Gold and 1 mentions for Seabridge Gold. Centerra Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Seabridge Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Centerra Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Seabridge Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Centerra Gold's net margin of -7.42%. Seabridge Gold's return on equity of -3.98% beat Centerra Gold's return on equity.
Centerra Gold has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seabridge Gold has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Centerra Gold beats Seabridge Gold on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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