New Gold (NGD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NGD or AGI?

Alamos Gold received 331 more outperform votes than New Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.89% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote while only 41.28% of users gave New Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New Gold	Outperform Votes 270 41.28%	Underperform Votes 384 58.72%
Alamos Gold	Outperform Votes 601 61.89%	Underperform Votes 370 38.11%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NGD or AGI?

61.8% of New Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of New Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, NGD or AGI?

New Gold has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NGD or AGI more profitable?

Alamos Gold has a net margin of 17.72% compared to New Gold's net margin of -2.53%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 6.72% beat New Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Gold	-2.53%	-2.23%	1.80%
Alamos Gold	17.72%	6.72%	5.85%

Does the media refer more to NGD or AGI?

In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 3 more articles in the media than New Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alamos Gold and 1 mentions for New Gold. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat New Gold's score of 0.37 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts rate NGD or AGI?

New Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$3.71, suggesting a potential upside of 2.49%. Alamos Gold has a consensus price target of C$26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.42%. Given New Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe New Gold is more favorable than Alamos Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Alamos Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NGD or AGI?

Alamos Gold has higher revenue and earnings than New Gold. New Gold 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
New Gold	C$810.80M	3.53	-C$20.50M	-C$0.04	-90.50
Alamos Gold	C$1.12B	9.89	C$198.70M	C$0.68	38.81

Summary

Alamos Gold beats New Gold on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.