IMG vs. EQX, CEE, SSL, OGC, PRU, FVI, DPM, CG, SEA, and KNT
Should you be buying IAMGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAMGOLD include Equinox Gold (EQX), Centamin (CEE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), OceanaGold (OGC), Perseus Mining (PRU), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Centerra Gold (CG), Seabridge Gold (SEA), and K92 Mining (KNT). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) and Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
IAMGOLD has a net margin of 9.55% compared to Equinox Gold's net margin of 2.65%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 4.36% beat Equinox Gold's return on equity.
IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
60.8% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
IAMGOLD received 333 more outperform votes than Equinox Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.25% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote while only 41.03% of users gave Equinox Gold an outperform vote.
IAMGOLD presently has a consensus target price of C$4.99, suggesting a potential upside of 1.29%. Given IAMGOLD's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe IAMGOLD is more favorable than Equinox Gold.
IAMGOLD has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Equinox Gold. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinox Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Equinox Gold had 13 more articles in the media than IAMGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Equinox Gold and 2 mentions for IAMGOLD. Equinox Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.50 indicating that Equinox Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
IAMGOLD beats Equinox Gold on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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