PAF vs. GGP, HOC, CEY, HGM, ACA, AMRQ, RSG, THX, CMCL, and MTL
Should you be buying Pan African Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pan African Resources include Greatland Gold (GGP), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Centamin (CEY), Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (HGM), Acacia Mining (ACA), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Resolute Mining (RSG), Thor Explorations (THX), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), and Metals Exploration (MTL). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Pan African Resources vs.
Pan African Resources (LON:PAF) and Greatland Gold (LON:GGP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Pan African Resources received 260 more outperform votes than Greatland Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.42% of users gave Pan African Resources an outperform vote while only 74.74% of users gave Greatland Gold an outperform vote.
71.5% of Pan African Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of Greatland Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Pan African Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of Greatland Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pan African Resources and Pan African Resources both had 2 articles in the media. Pan African Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Greatland Gold's score of 0.13 indicating that Pan African Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pan African Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Greatland Gold. Greatland Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pan African Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pan African Resources currently has a consensus target price of GBX 36.50, suggesting a potential downside of 16.94%. Greatland Gold has a consensus target price of GBX 19, suggesting a potential upside of 46.15%. Given Greatland Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greatland Gold is more favorable than Pan African Resources.
Pan African Resources has a net margin of 21.95% compared to Greatland Gold's net margin of 0.00%. Pan African Resources' return on equity of 16.03% beat Greatland Gold's return on equity.
Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greatland Gold has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pan African Resources beats Greatland Gold on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PAF) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff