EQX vs. IAG, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, NVA, AG, NG, and SKE
Should you be buying Equinox Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinox Gold include iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), NuVista Energy (NVA), First Majestic Silver (AG), NovaGold Resources (NG), and Skeena Resources (SKE). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Equinox Gold vs.
iA Financial (TSE:IAG) and Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
iA Financial received 295 more outperform votes than Equinox Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.16% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote while only 41.03% of users gave Equinox Gold an outperform vote.
48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
iA Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$129.75, indicating a potential downside of 2.04%. Given iA Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iA Financial is more favorable than Equinox Gold.
Equinox Gold has a net margin of 22.60% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 9.02%. iA Financial's return on equity of 10.51% beat Equinox Gold's return on equity.
iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Equinox Gold. Equinox Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, iA Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Equinox Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for iA Financial and 0 mentions for Equinox Gold. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Equinox Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
iA Financial beats Equinox Gold on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:EQX) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
