PAF vs. CEY, HOC, HGM, ACA, GGP, RSG, 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), Greatland Gold (GGP), Resolute Mining (RSG), 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centamin has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pan African Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Centamin pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Centamin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Centamin had 2 more articles in the media than Pan African Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Centamin and 1 mentions for Pan African Resources. Centamin's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Pan African Resources' score of 0.29 indicating that Centamin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Pan African Resources presently has a consensus price target of GBX 36.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.82%. Centamin has a consensus price target of GBX 155, suggesting a potential upside of 6.16%. Given Centamin's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Centamin is more favorable than Pan African Resources.
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.
Summary
Pan African Resources and Centamin tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PAF) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
