Endeavour Mining (EDV) Competitors

Endeavour Mining (LON:EDV) and Yamana Gold (LON:AUY) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EDV or AUY?

59.2% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yamana Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EDV or AUY?

Endeavour Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Yamana Gold. Endeavour Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yamana Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Endeavour Mining	£2.14B	1.83	-£179.70M	-£0.56	-2,875.00
Yamana Gold	£1.81B	2.53	-£982.30M	-£0.83	-572.29

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EDV or AUY?

Yamana Gold received 15 more outperform votes than Endeavour Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Endeavour Mining an outperform vote while only 95.45% of users gave Yamana Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Endeavour Mining	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Yamana Gold	Outperform Votes 21 95.45%	Underperform Votes 1 4.55%

Does the media favor EDV or AUY?

In the previous week, Endeavour Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Yamana Gold'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Endeavour Mining	Neutral
Yamana Gold	Neutral

Is EDV or AUY a better dividend stock?

Endeavour Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Yamana Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Endeavour Mining pays out -11,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yamana Gold pays out -1,204.8% 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. Endeavour Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is EDV or AUY more profitable?

Endeavour Mining has a net margin of -8.83% compared to Yamana Gold's net margin of -54.36%. Endeavour Mining's return on equity of -3.62% beat Yamana Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Endeavour Mining	-8.83%	-3.62%	3.54%
Yamana Gold	-54.36%	-31.37%	-13.38%

Do analysts prefer EDV or AUY?

Endeavour Mining currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,200, indicating a potential upside of 36.65%. Given Endeavour Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Endeavour Mining is more favorable than Yamana Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Yamana Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, EDV or AUY?

Endeavour Mining has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yamana Gold has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Endeavour Mining beats Yamana Gold on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.