LUG vs. K, TNX, PAAS, AGI, YRI, WFT, BTO, ELD, OR, and PRU
Should you be buying Lundin Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lundin 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), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and Perseus Mining (PRU). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) and Kinross Gold (TSE:K) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 12 more articles in the media than Lundin Gold. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Kinross Gold and 4 mentions for Lundin Gold. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Lundin Gold's score of -0.24 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
27.3% of Lundin Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.0% of Lundin Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kinross Gold received 438 more outperform votes than Lundin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.61% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote.
Kinross Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Lundin Gold. Lundin Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinross Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lundin Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.77%. Kinross Gold has a consensus price target of C$11.88, suggesting a potential upside of 7.27%. Given Lundin Gold's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lundin Gold is more favorable than Kinross Gold.
Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lundin Gold has a net margin of 19.47% compared to Kinross Gold's net margin of 9.86%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 18.30% beat Kinross Gold's return on equity.
Lundin Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lundin Gold pays out 57.3% 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.
Summary
Kinross Gold beats Lundin Gold on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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