PRU vs. EQX, IMG, CEE, SSL, OGC, FVI, DPM, CG, KNT, and SEA
Should you be buying Perseus Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perseus Mining include Equinox Gold (EQX), IAMGOLD (IMG), Centamin (CEE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), OceanaGold (OGC), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Centerra Gold (CG), K92 Mining (KNT), and Seabridge Gold (SEA). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) and Perseus Mining (TSE:PRU) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
49.4% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of Perseus Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Perseus Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Perseus Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Equinox Gold. Equinox Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perseus Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
In the previous week, Perseus Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Equinox Gold. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Perseus Mining and 0 mentions for Equinox Gold. Perseus Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Equinox Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Equinox Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perseus Mining has a net margin of 31.06% compared to Perseus Mining's net margin of -2.86%. Equinox Gold's return on equity of 24.92% beat Perseus Mining's return on equity.
Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perseus Mining has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Perseus Mining beats Equinox Gold on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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