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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Equinox Gold had 1 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Equinox Gold and 5 mentions for iA Financial. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Equinox Gold's score of -0.07 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 presently has a consensus price target of C$129.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.76%. Given iA Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe iA Financial is more favorable than Equinox Gold.
48.0% of iA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Equinox Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Equinox Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
iA Financial beats Equinox Gold on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:EQX) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
