BTO vs. K, TNX, PAAS, AGI, YRI, WFT, LUG, ELD, OR, and PRU
Should you be buying B2Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B2Gold 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), Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and Perseus Mining (PRU). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
B2Gold (TSE:BTO) and Kinross Gold (TSE:K) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Kinross Gold has higher revenue and earnings than B2Gold. B2Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinross Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kinross Gold has a net margin of 9.86% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -1.88%. Kinross Gold's return on equity of 7.06% beat B2Gold's return on equity.
B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. B2Gold pays out -440.0% 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. B2Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 11 more articles in the media than B2Gold. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kinross Gold and 6 mentions for B2Gold. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Kinross Gold's score of 0.50 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
B2Gold has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
B2Gold received 196 more outperform votes than Kinross Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.85% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 73.61% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote.
62.2% of B2Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of B2Gold 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
B2Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$6.00, indicating a potential upside of 56.12%. Kinross Gold has a consensus price target of C$11.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.27%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Kinross Gold.
Summary
B2Gold beats Kinross Gold on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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