IAMGOLD (IAG) Competitors

AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) and IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts recommend AU or IAG?

AngloGold Ashanti currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.40%. IAMGOLD has a consensus price target of $6.90, suggesting a potential upside of 16.06%. Given IAMGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IAMGOLD is more favorable than AngloGold Ashanti.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AngloGold Ashanti	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
IAMGOLD	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more volatility and risk, AU or IAG?

AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AU or IAG more profitable?

IAMGOLD has a net margin of 50.19% compared to AngloGold Ashanti's net margin of 0.00%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 10.64% beat AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AngloGold Ashanti	N/A	N/A	N/A
IAMGOLD	50.19%	10.64%	5.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AU or IAG?

IAMGOLD received 173 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.47% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AngloGold Ashanti	Outperform Votes 450 57.47%	Underperform Votes 333 42.53%
IAMGOLD	Outperform Votes 623 55.48%	Underperform Votes 500 44.52%

Which has better earnings & valuation, AU or IAG?

AngloGold Ashanti has higher revenue and earnings than IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AngloGold Ashanti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AngloGold Ashanti	$5.79B	2.52	$1.00B	$3.20	10.89
IAMGOLD	$1.63B	2.08	$94.30M	$1.45	4.10

Does the media refer more to AU or IAG?

In the previous week, AngloGold Ashanti had 5 more articles in the media than IAMGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti and 14 mentions for IAMGOLD. AngloGold Ashanti's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.98 indicating that AngloGold Ashanti is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AngloGold Ashanti	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IAMGOLD	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AU or IAG?

36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of IAMGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of IAMGOLD shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AU or IAG a better dividend stock?

AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. IAMGOLD pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. AngloGold Ashanti pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IAMGOLD pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. IAMGOLD is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

IAMGOLD beats AngloGold Ashanti on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.