CMCL vs. PAF, HGM, ACA, RSG, AMRQ, MTL, THX, AAZ, ALTN, and SRB
Should you be buying Caledonia Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caledonia Mining include Pan African Resources (PAF), Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (HGM), Acacia Mining (ACA), Resolute Mining (RSG), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Metals Exploration (MTL), Thor Explorations (THX), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), AltynGold (ALTN), and Serabi Gold (SRB). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Caledonia Mining vs. Its Competitors
Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL) and Pan African Resources (LON:PAF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
45.7% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Pan African Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Pan African Resources shares are held 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.
Caledonia Mining has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Caledonia Mining had 4 more articles in the media than Pan African Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Caledonia Mining and 1 mentions for Pan African Resources. Pan African Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Caledonia Mining's score of 0.05 indicating that Pan African Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Caledonia Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pan African Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Caledonia Mining pays out 110.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pan African Resources pays out 47.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Pan African Resources has a consensus price target of GBX 53, indicating a potential upside of 3.52%. Given Pan African Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pan African Resources is more favorable than Caledonia Mining.
Pan African Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Mining. Pan African Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pan African Resources has a net margin of 21.95% compared to Caledonia Mining's net margin of 5.55%. Pan African Resources' return on equity of 16.03% beat Caledonia Mining's return on equity.
Summary
Pan African Resources beats Caledonia Mining on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CMCL) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
