KRR vs. EQX, PRU, IMG, ASR, FVI, CEE, SSL, OGC, CG, and DPM
Should you be buying Karora Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Karora Resources include Equinox Gold (EQX), Perseus Mining (PRU), IAMGOLD (IMG), Alacer Gold (ASR), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Centamin (CEE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), OceanaGold (OGC), Centerra Gold (CG), and Dundee Precious Metals (DPM). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Karora Resources (TSE:KRR) and Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
39.5% of Karora Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of Equinox Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Karora Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Equinox Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Karora Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$6.36, indicating a potential upside of 15.01%. Given Karora Resources' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Karora Resources is more favorable than Equinox Gold.
Karora Resources has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Karora Resources has a net margin of 2.14% compared to Equinox Gold's net margin of -2.86%. Karora Resources' return on equity of 2.49% beat Equinox Gold's return on equity.
Equinox Gold received 7 more outperform votes than Karora Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.03% of users gave Equinox Gold an outperform vote while only 32.14% of users gave Karora Resources an outperform vote.
Karora Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Equinox Gold. Equinox Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Karora Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Equinox Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Karora Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Equinox Gold and 0 mentions for Karora Resources. Karora Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Equinox Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Karora Resources beats Equinox Gold on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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