ELD vs. OR, LUG, BTO, EQX, PRU, IMG, CEE, SSL, OGC, and FVI
Should you be buying Eldorado Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eldorado Gold include Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Lundin Gold (LUG), B2Gold (BTO), Equinox Gold (EQX), Perseus Mining (PRU), IAMGOLD (IMG), Centamin (CEE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), OceanaGold (OGC), and Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Eldorado Gold (TSE:ELD) and Osisko Gold Royalties (TSE:OR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Eldorado Gold has a net margin of 11.45% compared to Osisko Gold Royalties' net margin of -21.78%. Eldorado Gold's return on equity of 3.56% beat Osisko Gold Royalties' return on equity.
In the previous week, Osisko Gold Royalties had 7 more articles in the media than Eldorado Gold. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Osisko Gold Royalties and 6 mentions for Eldorado Gold. Eldorado Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Osisko Gold Royalties' score of 0.54 indicating that Eldorado Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eldorado Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Osisko Gold Royalties. Osisko Gold Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eldorado Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eldorado Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$20.69, indicating a potential downside of 6.14%. Osisko Gold Royalties has a consensus price target of C$26.56, indicating a potential upside of 17.24%. Given Osisko Gold Royalties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Osisko Gold Royalties is more favorable than Eldorado Gold.
Eldorado Gold has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Osisko Gold Royalties has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eldorado Gold received 263 more outperform votes than Osisko Gold Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.03% of users gave Osisko Gold Royalties an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Eldorado Gold an outperform vote.
Eldorado Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Osisko Gold Royalties pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Eldorado Gold pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Osisko Gold Royalties pays out -82.8% 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. Osisko Gold Royalties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
77.7% of Eldorado Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Osisko Gold Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Eldorado Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Osisko Gold Royalties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Eldorado Gold beats Osisko Gold Royalties on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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