K92 Mining (KNT) Competitors

Yamana Gold (TSE:YRI) and K92 Mining (TSE:KNT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, YRI or KNT?

K92 Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Yamana Gold. Yamana Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K92 Mining, 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
Yamana Gold	C$1.81B	0.00	-C$982.30M	-C$1.38	N/A
K92 Mining	C$217.76M	9.21	C$53.92M	C$0.45	26.26

Which has more risk and volatility, YRI or KNT?

Yamana Gold has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K92 Mining has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend YRI or KNT?

Given Yamana Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Yamana Gold is more favorable than K92 Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yamana Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
K92 Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in YRI or KNT?

63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of K92 Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Yamana Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of K92 Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YRI or KNT?

Yamana Gold received 317 more outperform votes than K92 Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.78% of users gave K92 Mining an outperform vote while only 51.79% of users gave Yamana Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yamana Gold	Outperform Votes 348 51.79%	Underperform Votes 324 48.21%
K92 Mining	Outperform Votes 31 83.78%	Underperform Votes 6 16.22%

Is YRI or KNT more profitable?

K92 Mining has a net margin of 24.76% compared to Yamana Gold's net margin of -54.36%. K92 Mining's return on equity of 20.37% beat Yamana Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yamana Gold	-54.36%	-31.37%	-13.38%
K92 Mining	24.76%	20.37%	7.49%

Does the media prefer YRI or KNT?

In the previous week, K92 Mining had 34 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for K92 Mining and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. K92 Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Yamana Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that K92 Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Yamana Gold	Neutral
K92 Mining	Positive

Summary

K92 Mining beats Yamana Gold on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.