CG vs. DPM, KNT, SEA, TXG, NGD, CXB, WDO, OLA, FVI, and OGC
Should you be buying Centerra Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centerra Gold include Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), K92 Mining (KNT), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Torex Gold Resources (TXG), New Gold (NGD), Calibre Mining (CXB), Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO), Orla Mining (OLA), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), and OceanaGold (OGC). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Centerra Gold (TSE:CG) and Dundee Precious Metals (TSE:DPM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Centerra Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$10.97, suggesting a potential upside of 11.55%. Dundee Precious Metals has a consensus price target of C$13.84, suggesting a potential upside of 22.95%. Given Dundee Precious Metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dundee Precious Metals is more favorable than Centerra Gold.
Centerra Gold received 30 more outperform votes than Dundee Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.31% of users gave Dundee Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 49.65% of users gave Centerra Gold an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Centerra Gold had 14 more articles in the media than Dundee Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Centerra Gold and 19 mentions for Dundee Precious Metals. Dundee Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Centerra Gold's score of 0.37 indicating that Dundee Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Centerra Gold has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dundee Precious Metals has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dundee Precious Metals has a net margin of 37.10% compared to Centerra Gold's net margin of -7.42%. Dundee Precious Metals' return on equity of 17.22% beat Centerra Gold's return on equity.
84.0% of Centerra Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Dundee Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centerra Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Dundee Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Centerra Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Dundee Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Centerra Gold pays out -53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dundee Precious Metals pays out 16.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Dundee Precious Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Centerra Gold. Centerra Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dundee Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dundee Precious Metals beats Centerra Gold on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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