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B2Gold (BTO) Competitors

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C$3.57 +0.04 (+1.13%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

BTO vs. CCA, EFR, SPE, PEO, EVT, EFL, CGO, EMO, CET, and NCA

Should you be buying B2Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B2Gold include Cogeco Communications (CCA), Energy Fuels (EFR), Spartan Energy (SPE), People (PEO), Economic Investment Trust (EVT), Electrovaya (EFL), Cogeco (CGO), Emerita Resources (EMO), Cathedral Energy Services (CET), and NewCastle Gold (NCA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

B2Gold vs.

B2Gold (TSE:BTO) and Cogeco Communications (TSE:CCA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Cogeco Communications has a net margin of 11.44% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -7.23%. Cogeco Communications' return on equity of 10.52% beat B2Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
B2Gold-7.23% -3.47% 6.33%
Cogeco Communications 11.44%10.52%4.96%

B2Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$5.66, indicating a potential upside of 58.61%. Cogeco Communications has a consensus target price of C$77.06, indicating a potential upside of 16.13%. Given B2Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Cogeco Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
B2Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Cogeco Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

62.4% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Cogeco Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of B2Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cogeco Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

B2Gold has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogeco Communications has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

B2Gold received 452 more outperform votes than Cogeco Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.32% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave Cogeco Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
B2GoldOutperform Votes
861
80.32%
Underperform Votes
211
19.68%
Cogeco CommunicationsOutperform Votes
409
59.36%
Underperform Votes
280
40.64%

Cogeco Communications has higher revenue and earnings than B2Gold. B2Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cogeco Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
B2GoldC$1.94B2.41-C$140.55M-C$0.17-21.00
Cogeco CommunicationsC$2.97B0.67C$340.08MC$7.848.46

In the previous week, Cogeco Communications had 4 more articles in the media than B2Gold. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cogeco Communications and 3 mentions for B2Gold. Cogeco Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat B2Gold's score of 0.51 indicating that Cogeco Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
B2Gold
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cogeco Communications
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Cogeco Communications pays an annual dividend of C$3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. B2Gold pays out -129.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cogeco Communications pays out 43.6% 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. B2Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

B2Gold beats Cogeco Communications on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BTO vs. The Competition

MetricB2GoldGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.68BC$1.46BC$2.84BC$6.07B
Dividend Yield4.57%5.92%5.16%5.42%
P/E Ratio-21.00162.10112.2826.16
Price / Sales2.413,208.33794,967.361,332.85
Price / Cash8.9621.7624.3182.30
Price / Book1.244.503.403.07
Net Income-C$140.55MC$3.85MC$154.53MC$295.24M
7 Day Performance-4.80%-2.37%-2.90%-2.48%
1 Month Performance-10.53%-3.62%1.41%-0.78%
1 Year Performance-16.39%62.93%17.89%34.67%

B2Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BTO
B2Gold
2.8134 of 5 stars
C$3.57
+1.1%
C$5.66
+58.6%
-15.8%C$4.68BC$1.94B-21.002,719
CCA
Cogeco Communications
3.2578 of 5 stars
C$68.93
-1.7%
C$75.50
+9.5%
+17.5%C$2.07BC$2.97B8.954,070
EFR
Energy Fuels
1.395 of 5 stars
C$8.34
-2.0%
C$17.50
+109.8%
-18.0%C$1.63BC$45.60M-70.92179Insider Trade
SPE
Spartan Energy
N/AC$6.68
+1.7%
N/AN/AC$1.18BN/A0.00147,000High Trading Volume
PEO
People
N/AC$15.21
flat
N/A+0.0%C$1.09BC$220.77M-281.6718
EVT
Economic Investment Trust
N/AC$164.80
+1.2%
N/A+19.5%C$926.18MC$253.74M3.20N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
EFL
Electrovaya
N/AC$4.85
+400.0%
N/AN/AC$799.57MC$32.52M-32.3377Gap Up
CGO
Cogeco
2.3767 of 5 stars
C$59.50
-1.7%
C$82.67
+38.9%
+3.4%C$470.65MC$3.07B7.212,219
EMO
Emerita Resources
N/AC$1.20
+14.3%
N/A+160.7%C$296.83MN/A-17.50N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CET
Cathedral Energy Services
N/AC$0.90
+1.1%
C$1.50
+66.7%
N/AC$216.31MC$577.31M11.256
NCA
NewCastle Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$187.15MN/A0.00N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:BTO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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