ELD vs. K, TNX, PAAS, AGI, YRI, WFT, BTO, LUG, OR, and PRU
Should you be buying Eldorado Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eldorado Gold include Kinross Gold (K), TRX Gold (TNX), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Yamana Gold (YRI), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and Perseus Mining (PRU). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Eldorado Gold (TSE:ELD) and Kinross Gold (TSE:K) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Eldorado Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Eldorado Gold pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinross Gold pays out 32.7% 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.
Kinross Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Eldorado Gold. Kinross Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eldorado Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 3 more articles in the media than Eldorado Gold. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Kinross Gold and 13 mentions for Eldorado Gold. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Eldorado Gold's score of 0.48 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kinross Gold received 10 more outperform votes than Eldorado Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.61% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote while only 61.76% of users gave Eldorado Gold an outperform vote.
Eldorado Gold has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eldorado Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$20.60, suggesting a potential downside of 6.53%. Kinross Gold has a consensus price target of C$11.88, suggesting a potential upside of 7.27%. Given Kinross Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kinross Gold is more favorable than Eldorado Gold.
79.1% of Eldorado Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Kinross Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Eldorado Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Kinross Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eldorado Gold has a net margin of 11.45% compared to Kinross Gold's net margin of 9.86%. Kinross Gold's return on equity of 7.06% beat Eldorado Gold's return on equity.
Summary
Kinross Gold beats Eldorado Gold on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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