EGO vs. AU, KGC, PAAS, AGI, HMY, SBSW, BTG, OR, CDE, and AG
Should you be buying Eldorado Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eldorado Gold include AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), B2Gold (BTG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Coeur Mining (CDE), and First Majestic Silver (AG). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) and Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Eldorado Gold received 208 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave Eldorado Gold an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote.
Eldorado Gold has a net margin of 11.43% compared to Eldorado Gold's net margin of 0.00%. AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity of 4.47% beat Eldorado Gold's return on equity.
AngloGold Ashanti currently has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.32%. Eldorado Gold has a consensus target price of $16.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.01%. Given Eldorado Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Eldorado Gold.
In the previous week, Eldorado Gold had 3 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Eldorado Gold and 12 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. Eldorado Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.61 indicating that AngloGold Ashanti is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eldorado Gold has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Eldorado Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AngloGold Ashanti.
Summary
Eldorado Gold beats AngloGold Ashanti on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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