ORA vs. AQN, RNW, UNS, ET, POM, NFG, NOU, GMP, JE, and NEXT
Should you be buying Aura Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aura Minerals include Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Evertz Technologies (ET), PolyMet Mining (POM), New Found Gold (NFG), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), GMP Capital Inc. (GMP.TO) (GMP), Just Energy Group (JE), and NextSource Materials (NEXT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Aura Minerals vs.
Aura Minerals (TSE:ORA) and Algonquin Power & Utilities (TSE:AQN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 5 more articles in the media than Aura Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 3 mentions for Aura Minerals. Aura Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' score of 0.04 indicating that Aura Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aura Minerals has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has a net margin of 4.70% compared to Aura Minerals' net margin of -6.61%. Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity of 0.24% beat Aura Minerals' return on equity.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has higher revenue and earnings than Aura Minerals. Aura Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algonquin Power & Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
4.2% of Aura Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.0% of Aura Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aura Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Aura Minerals pays out -154.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out 163.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Aura Minerals presently has a consensus target price of C$16.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.75%. Algonquin Power & Utilities has a consensus target price of C$5.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.99%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Aura Minerals.
Algonquin Power & Utilities received 408 more outperform votes than Aura Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.75% of users gave Algonquin Power & Utilities an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave Aura Minerals an outperform vote.
Summary
Algonquin Power & Utilities beats Aura Minerals on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ORA) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
