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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Pan African Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Centamin. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pan African Resources and 0 mentions for Centamin. Pan African Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Centamin'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
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.
Centamin has higher revenue and earnings than Pan African Resources. Centamin 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 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.20%. Centamin has a consensus price target of GBX 155, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Pan African Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pan African Resources is more favorable than Centamin.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centamin has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock 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 2.9%. Centamin pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. 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.
Summary
Pan African Resources beats Centamin on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PAF) was last updated on 12/25/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
