AGF Management (AGF.B) Competitors

SSR Mining (TSE:SSRM) and AGF Management (TSE:AGF.B) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate SSRM or AGF.B?

SSR Mining presently has a consensus target price of C$15.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.61%. AGF Management has a consensus target price of C$12.54, indicating a potential upside of 23.02%. Given AGF Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AGF Management is more favorable than SSR Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SSR Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
AGF Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, SSRM or AGF.B?

SSR Mining has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGF Management has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SSRM or AGF.B more profitable?

AGF Management has a net margin of 16.58% compared to SSR Mining's net margin of -44.13%. AGF Management's return on equity of 7.64% beat SSR Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SSR Mining	-44.13%	-15.34%	-1.42%
AGF Management	16.58%	7.64%	5.20%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SSRM or AGF.B?

74.7% of SSR Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of AGF Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of SSR Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of AGF Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SSRM or AGF.B a better dividend stock?

SSR Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. AGF Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. SSR Mining pays out -11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGF Management pays out 35.9% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSRM or AGF.B?

SSR Mining received 28 more outperform votes than AGF Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.09% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote while only 36.11% of users gave AGF Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SSR Mining	Outperform Votes 210 67.09%	Underperform Votes 103 32.91%
AGF Management	Outperform Votes 182 36.11%	Underperform Votes 322 63.89%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SSRM or AGF.B?

AGF Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SSR Mining. SSR Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGF Management, 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
SSR Mining	C$774.50M	2.96	-C$341.77M	-C$3.40	-4.72
AGF Management	C$517.16M	1.26	C$85.73M	C$1.28	7.96

Does the media refer more to SSRM or AGF.B?

In the previous week, AGF Management had 3 more articles in the media than SSR Mining. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AGF Management and 1 mentions for SSR Mining. AGF Management's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat SSR Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that AGF Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SSR Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AGF Management	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

AGF Management beats SSR Mining on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.