GATO vs. EGO, OR, CDE, IAG, AG, FSM, SAND, CGAU, SA, and SILV
Should you be buying Gatos Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gatos Silver include Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Coeur Mining (CDE), IAMGOLD (IAG), First Majestic Silver (AG), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), and SilverCrest Metals (SILV). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Gatos Silver (NYSE:GATO) and Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
44.8% of Gatos Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Gatos Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eldorado Gold has a net margin of 11.43% compared to Gatos Silver's net margin of 0.00%. Eldorado Gold's return on equity of 4.47% beat Gatos Silver's return on equity.
Eldorado Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Gatos Silver. Eldorado Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gatos Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gatos Silver has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eldorado Gold has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Eldorado Gold had 11 more articles in the media than Gatos Silver. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Eldorado Gold and 4 mentions for Gatos Silver. Eldorado Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Gatos Silver's score of 0.20 indicating that Eldorado Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gatos Silver presently has a consensus price target of $11.40, indicating a potential downside of 8.06%. Eldorado Gold has a consensus price target of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.01%. Given Eldorado Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eldorado Gold is more favorable than Gatos Silver.
Eldorado Gold received 639 more outperform votes than Gatos Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave Eldorado Gold an outperform vote while only 39.29% of users gave Gatos Silver an outperform vote.
Summary
Eldorado Gold beats Gatos Silver on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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