BTO vs. LUG, OR, ELD, IMG, PRU, EQX, CEE, SSL, OGC, and FVI
Should you be buying B2Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B2Gold include Lundin Gold (LUG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Eldorado Gold (ELD), IAMGOLD (IMG), Perseus Mining (PRU), Equinox Gold (EQX), Centamin (CEE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), OceanaGold (OGC), and Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) and B2Gold (TSE:BTO) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Lundin Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B2Gold. B2Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lundin Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lundin Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Lundin Gold pays out 53.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B2Gold pays out -366.7% 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.
In the previous week, B2Gold had 5 more articles in the media than Lundin Gold. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for B2Gold and 8 mentions for Lundin Gold. Lundin Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat B2Gold's score of 0.16 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
27.1% of Lundin Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of B2Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.0% of Lundin Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of B2Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lundin Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$22.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.07%. B2Gold has a consensus price target of C$6.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.16%. Given Lundin Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Lundin Gold.
B2Gold received 634 more outperform votes than Lundin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.85% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 61.10% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote.
Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B2Gold has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lundin Gold has a net margin of 19.47% compared to Lundin Gold's net margin of -1.88%. B2Gold's return on equity of 18.30% beat Lundin Gold's return on equity.
Summary
B2Gold beats Lundin Gold on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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