Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO) Competitors

Endeavour Mining (TSE:EDV) and Wesdome Gold Mines (TSE:WDO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EDV or WDO?

59.0% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held 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.

Is EDV or WDO more profitable?

Wesdome Gold Mines has a net margin of 9.74% compared to Endeavour Mining's net margin of -8.83%. Wesdome Gold Mines' return on equity of 8.68% beat Endeavour Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Endeavour Mining	-8.83%	-3.62%	3.54%
Wesdome Gold Mines	9.74%	8.68%	6.46%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, EDV or WDO?

Wesdome Gold Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Endeavour Mining. Endeavour Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wesdome Gold Mines, 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
Endeavour Mining	C$2.14B	3.07	-C$179.70M	-C$1.00	-26.95
Wesdome Gold Mines	C$400.64M	4.14	C$39.02M	C$0.26	42.62

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EDV or WDO?

Wesdome Gold Mines received 519 more outperform votes than Endeavour Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Endeavour Mining an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave Wesdome Gold Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Endeavour Mining	Outperform Votes 3 75.00%	Underperform Votes 1 25.00%
Wesdome Gold Mines	Outperform Votes 522 64.44%	Underperform Votes 288 35.56%

Do analysts prefer EDV or WDO?

Endeavour Mining presently has a consensus target price of C$24.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.09%. Wesdome Gold Mines has a consensus target price of C$15.29, indicating a potential upside of 37.96%. Given Wesdome Gold Mines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wesdome Gold Mines is more favorable than Endeavour Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Wesdome Gold Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more volatility and risk, EDV or WDO?

Endeavour Mining has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wesdome Gold Mines has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor EDV or WDO?

In the previous week, Endeavour Mining had 4 more articles in the media than Wesdome Gold Mines. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Endeavour Mining and 1 mentions for Wesdome Gold Mines. Endeavour Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Wesdome Gold Mines' score of -0.51 indicating that Endeavour Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Endeavour Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wesdome Gold Mines	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

Wesdome Gold Mines beats Endeavour Mining on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.