IAMGOLD (IMG) Competitors

IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) and Alamos Gold (TSE:AGI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IMG or AGI?

Alamos Gold received 244 more outperform votes than IAMGOLD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote while only 52.27% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IAMGOLD	Outperform Votes 357 52.27%	Underperform Votes 326 47.73%
Alamos Gold	Outperform Votes 601 61.83%	Underperform Votes 371 38.17%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, IMG or AGI?

IAMGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Alamos Gold. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, 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
IAMGOLD	C$1.12B	2.98	C$557.06M	C$1.93	4.27
Alamos Gold	C$879.15M	10.94	C$174.87M	C$0.84	38.71

Do analysts prefer IMG or AGI?

IAMGOLD currently has a consensus target price of C$8.68, indicating a potential upside of 5.41%. Alamos Gold has a consensus target price of C$28.78, indicating a potential downside of 11.47%. Given IAMGOLD's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IAMGOLD is more favorable than Alamos Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IAMGOLD	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Alamos Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Does the media favor IMG or AGI?

In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 12 more articles in the media than IAMGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alamos Gold and 2 mentions for IAMGOLD. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.27 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IAMGOLD	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alamos Gold	2 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IMG or AGI?

64.8% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, IMG or AGI?

IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IMG or AGI more profitable?

IAMGOLD has a net margin of 49.57% compared to Alamos Gold's net margin of 19.89%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 27.91% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IAMGOLD	49.57%	27.91%	2.54%
Alamos Gold	19.89%	7.84%	5.85%

Summary

Alamos Gold beats IAMGOLD on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.