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Pan African Resources (PAF) Competitors

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GBX 43.94 -0.91 (-2.02%)
As of 04/25/2025 12:45 PM Eastern

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pan African ResourcesOutperform Votes
405
76.42%
Underperform Votes
125
23.58%
Greatland GoldOutperform Votes
145
74.74%
Underperform Votes
49
25.26%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pan African Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Greatland Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pan African Resources£266.93M3.59£58.60M£2.1220.75
Greatland GoldN/AN/A-£58.89M-£0.44-29.77

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pan African Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Greatland Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pan African Resources21.95% 16.03% 12.99%
Greatland Gold N/A -45.21%-7.97%

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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PAF vs. The Competition

MetricPan African ResourcesGold IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£959.56M£1.53B£3.03B£2.53B
Dividend Yield2.68%5.99%5.20%4.96%
P/E Ratio20.75363.1174.77131.54
Price / Sales3.59183,988,182,215,258,000.0024,272,056,611,914,900.00238,740.40
Price / Cash11.8721.9724.3328.05
Price / Book2.315.655.234.49
Net Income£58.60M£8.80M£155.11M£5.82B
7 Day Performance-7.78%-0.87%1.42%8.52%
1 Month Performance4.75%7.05%2.05%6.33%
1 Year Performance77.19%29.80%16.49%102.63%

Pan African Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAF
Pan African Resources
1.4186 of 5 stars
GBX 43.94
-2.0%
GBX 36.50
-16.9%
+81.2%£959.56M£266.93M20.752,469News Coverage
GGP
Greatland Gold
1.5841 of 5 stars
GBX 15.14
+4.5%
GBX 19
+25.5%
+134.7%£2.05BN/A-34.6625Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HOC
Hochschild Mining
2.0134 of 5 stars
GBX 311.40
+0.3%
GBX 290
-6.9%
+67.9%£2.02B£1.01B66.423,029Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CEY
Centamin
1.4077 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 155
+∞
N/A£1.69B£930.75M2,920.004,874
HGM
Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.09B£415.23M6.47N/A
ACA
Acacia Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/A£959.60M£645.41M468.005,230High Trading Volume
AMRQ
Amaroq Minerals
1.1176 of 5 stars
GBX 90.66
-2.5%
GBX 125
+37.9%
+13.5%£659.19MN/A-16.82N/AHigh Trading Volume
RSG
Resolute Mining
2.5751 of 5 stars
GBX 24
+7.9%
GBX 39
+62.5%
+3.2%£639.44M£817.76M52.1340,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
THX
Thor Explorations
0.7379 of 5 stars
GBX 35.48
+1.4%
GBX 32.50
-8.4%
+114.4%£295.01M£190.31M5.42N/AInsider Trade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CMCL
Caledonia Mining
N/AGBX 1,065
+1.9%
N/A+28.6%£259.81M£221.34M26.851,718High Trading Volume
MTL
Metals Exploration
N/AGBX 7.41
+1.5%
N/A+61.6%£240.13M£260.56M1.39791News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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