Endeavour Mining (EDV) Competitors

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

Is AUY or EDV more profitable?

Endeavour Mining has a net margin of -14.83% compared to Yamana Gold's net margin of -54.36%. Endeavour Mining's return on equity of -11.19% beat Yamana Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yamana Gold	-54.36%	-31.37%	-13.38%
Endeavour Mining	-14.83%	-11.19%	3.54%

Do analysts prefer AUY or EDV?

Endeavour Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 2,100, suggesting a potential upside of 2.34%. Given Endeavour Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Endeavour Mining is more favorable than Yamana Gold.

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

Does the media prefer AUY or EDV?

In the previous week, Endeavour Mining had 3 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Endeavour Mining and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. Endeavour Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Yamana Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Endeavour Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Yamana Gold	Neutral
Endeavour Mining	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AUY or EDV?

Yamana Gold received 14 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
Yamana Gold	Outperform Votes 21 95.45%	Underperform Votes 1 4.55%
Endeavour Mining	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is AUY or EDV a better dividend stock?

Yamana Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share. Endeavour Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Yamana Gold pays out -1,204.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Endeavour Mining pays out -55.9% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, AUY or EDV?

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AUY or EDV?

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
Yamana Gold	£1.81B	0.00	-£982.30M	-£0.83	N/A
Endeavour Mining	£2.86B	2.17	-£423.98M	-£112.73	-18.20

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

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

Summary

Endeavour Mining beats Yamana Gold on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.