Orla Mining (OLA) Competitors

Orla Mining (TSE:OLA) and Yamana Gold (TSE:YRI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts prefer OLA or YRI?

Orla Mining presently has a consensus target price of C$6.56, indicating a potential upside of 6.71%. Given Orla Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Orla Mining is more favorable than Yamana Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orla Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Yamana Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OLA or YRI?

Orla Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Yamana Gold. Orla Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yamana 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
Orla Mining	C$275.09M	7.15	-C$11.32M	-C$0.05	-123.00
Yamana Gold	C$1.81B	0.00	-C$982.30M	-C$1.38	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, OLA or YRI?

Orla Mining has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yamana Gold has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OLA or YRI?

Yamana Gold received 326 more outperform votes than Orla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.89% of users gave Orla Mining an outperform vote while only 51.79% of users gave Yamana Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orla Mining	Outperform Votes 22 57.89%	Underperform Votes 16 42.11%
Yamana Gold	Outperform Votes 348 51.79%	Underperform Votes 324 48.21%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OLA or YRI?

47.9% of Orla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.7% of Orla Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yamana Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OLA or YRI more profitable?

Orla Mining has a net margin of -4.12% compared to Yamana Gold's net margin of -54.36%. Orla Mining's return on equity of -2.50% beat Yamana Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orla Mining	-4.12%	-2.50%	4.26%
Yamana Gold	-54.36%	-31.37%	-13.38%

Does the media prefer OLA or YRI?

In the previous week, Orla Mining had 3 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Orla Mining and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. Orla Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Yamana Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Orla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Orla Mining	Neutral
Yamana Gold	Neutral

Summary

Orla Mining beats Yamana Gold on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.