LUG vs. BTO, ELD, OR, PRU, IMG, EQX, CEE, SSL, OGC, and FVI
Should you be buying Lundin Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lundin Gold include B2Gold (BTO), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Perseus Mining (PRU), IAMGOLD (IMG), Equinox Gold (EQX), Centamin (CEE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), OceanaGold (OGC), and Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) and B2Gold (TSE:BTO) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B2Gold has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
B2Gold received 633 more outperform votes than Lundin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.83% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 61.43% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote.
Lundin Gold has a net margin of 19.88% compared to B2Gold's net margin of 0.52%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 19.85% beat B2Gold's return on equity.
Lundin Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Lundin Gold pays out 52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B2Gold pays out 2,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
26.8% of Lundin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 59.0% of Lundin Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of B2Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, B2Gold had 6 more articles in the media than Lundin Gold. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for B2Gold and 1 mentions for Lundin Gold. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Lundin Gold's score of 1.02 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lundin Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$22.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.20%. B2Gold has a consensus target price of C$6.05, indicating a potential upside of 58.25%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Lundin Gold.
Lundin Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B2Gold. Lundin Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B2Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
B2Gold beats Lundin Gold on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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