EQX vs. PRU, IMG, CEE, SSL, OGC, FVI, DPM, CG, OR, and KNT
Should you be buying Equinox Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinox Gold include Perseus Mining (PRU), IAMGOLD (IMG), Centamin (CEE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), OceanaGold (OGC), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Centerra Gold (CG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and K92 Mining (KNT). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Perseus Mining (TSE:PRU) and Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Equinox Gold had 4 more articles in the media than Perseus Mining. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Equinox Gold and 1 mentions for Perseus Mining. Perseus Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Equinox Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Equinox Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Perseus Mining has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Perseus Mining received 85 more outperform votes than Equinox Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.80% of users gave Perseus Mining an outperform vote while only 41.03% of users gave Equinox Gold an outperform vote.
64.7% of Perseus Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Equinox Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Perseus Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Equinox Gold shares are held 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.
Perseus Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Equinox Gold. Perseus Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinox Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perseus Mining has a net margin of 31.06% compared to Perseus Mining's net margin of 2.65%. Equinox Gold's return on equity of 24.92% beat Perseus Mining's return on equity.
Summary
Perseus Mining beats Equinox Gold on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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