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Pan African Resources (PAF) Competitors

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GBX 35.70
-0.50 (-1.38%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

PAF vs. CEY, HOC, HGM, ACA, RSG, GGP, AMRQ, CMCL, SHG, and AAZ

Should you be buying Pan African Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pan African Resources include Centamin (CEY), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (HGM), Acacia Mining (ACA), Resolute Mining (RSG), Greatland Gold (GGP), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Shanta Gold (SHG), and Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.

Pan African Resources vs.

Pan African Resources (LON:PAF) and Centamin (LON:CEY) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Pan African Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Centamin pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Pan African Resources pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centamin pays out 6,000.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Centamin received 429 more outperform votes than Pan African Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.42% of users gave Pan African Resources an outperform vote while only 65.62% of users gave Centamin an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pan African ResourcesOutperform Votes
405
76.42%
Underperform Votes
125
23.58%
CentaminOutperform Votes
834
65.62%
Underperform Votes
437
34.38%

Pan African Resources has a net margin of 21.24% compared to Centamin's net margin of 9.10%. Pan African Resources' return on equity of 24.03% beat Centamin's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pan African Resources21.24% 24.03% 12.99%
Centamin 9.10%14.16%8.45%

Pan African Resources currently has a consensus target price of GBX 36.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.24%. Centamin has a consensus target price of GBX 155, indicating a potential downside of 1.21%. Given Pan African Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pan African Resources is more favorable than Centamin.

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
Centamin
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Centamin had 3 more articles in the media than Pan African Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Centamin and 1 mentions for Pan African Resources. Pan African Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Centamin's score of 0.00 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)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Centamin
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

71.5% of Pan African Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Centamin shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Pan African Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Centamin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centamin has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Centamin has higher revenue and earnings than Pan African Resources. Pan African Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centamin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pan African Resources£373.80M1.83£79.38M£0.031,190.00
Centamin£930.75M1.96£84.67M£0.053,138.00

Summary

Pan African Resources beats Centamin on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PAF vs. The Competition

MetricPan African ResourcesGold IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£685.44M£1.59B£3.04B£1.53B
Dividend Yield2.73%5.83%5.11%11.81%
P/E Ratio1,190.00183.73126.611,672.44
Price / Sales1.832,825.46542,308.76222,105.50
Price / Cash11.8721.7523.8135.24
Price / Book1.884.603.642.84
Net Income£79.38M£3.68M£151.76M£143.17M
7 Day Performance-1.38%-1.13%-1.25%0.11%
1 Month Performance6.25%2.98%1.85%-0.15%
1 Year Performance120.64%83.29%32.51%14.72%

Pan African Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAF
Pan African Resources
1.015 of 5 stars
GBX 35.70
-1.4%
GBX 36.50
+2.2%
+120.8%£685.44M£373.80M1,190.002,469News Coverage
CEY
Centamin
0.3544 of 5 stars
GBX 160.80
-0.7%
GBX 155
-3.6%
+88.7%£1.87B£930.75M3,216.004,874News Coverage
HOC
Hochschild Mining
1.2724 of 5 stars
GBX 229.22
-0.8%
GBX 222.50
-2.9%
+126.7%£1.18B£771.43M4,584.423,029High Trading Volume
HGM
Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L)
N/AGBX 299.60
-0.1%
N/A+0.0%£1.09B£415.23M6.47N/A
ACA
Acacia Mining
N/AGBX 234
flat
N/AN/A£959.60M£645.41M468.005,230High Trading Volume
RSG
Resolute Mining
0.4097 of 5 stars
GBX 42.80
+0.9%
GBX 39
-8.9%
+123.4%£911.64M£643.08M1,680.0040,000Gap Up
GGP
Greatland Gold
2.1028 of 5 stars
GBX 6.69
+2.9%
GBX 16
+139.3%
-36.5%£696.12MN/A-938.0025News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AMRQ
Amaroq Minerals
N/AGBX 79.68
+2.8%
N/A+36.5%£260.87MN/A-1,593.50N/A
CMCL
Caledonia Mining
N/AGBX 1,160
-2.1%
N/A+25.4%£222.84M£159.88M2,521.741,718Gap Down
SHG
Shanta Gold
N/AGBX 14.76
flat
N/A+31.8%£154.98M£150.50M1,476.00190High Trading Volume
AAZ
Anglo Asian Mining
N/AGBX 116.28
+5.7%
N/A+160.0%£132.84M£28.44M-611.98950Gap Up

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This page (LON:PAF) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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