WDO vs. YRI, EDV, WFT, OR, BTO, ELD, IMG, EQX, PRU, and NGD
Should you be buying Wesdome Gold Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wesdome Gold Mines include Yamana Gold (YRI), Endeavour Mining (EDV), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTO), Eldorado Gold (ELD), IAMGOLD (IMG), Equinox Gold (EQX), Perseus Mining (PRU), and New Gold (NGD). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Wesdome Gold Mines vs.
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSE:WDO) and Yamana Gold (TSE:YRI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Wesdome Gold Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Yamana Gold. Yamana Gold 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.
Wesdome Gold Mines received 174 more outperform votes than Yamana Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.44% of users gave Wesdome Gold Mines an outperform vote while only 51.79% of users gave Yamana Gold an outperform vote.
Wesdome Gold Mines has a net margin of 9.74% compared to Yamana Gold's net margin of -54.36%. Wesdome Gold Mines' return on equity of 8.68% beat Yamana Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, Wesdome Gold Mines had 10 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Wesdome Gold Mines and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. Wesdome Gold Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Yamana Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Wesdome Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wesdome Gold Mines currently has a consensus target price of C$15.29, suggesting a potential upside of 16.24%. Given Wesdome Gold Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Wesdome Gold Mines is more favorable than Yamana Gold.
Wesdome Gold Mines has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yamana Gold has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
46.4% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yamana Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Wesdome Gold Mines beats Yamana Gold on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:WDO) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
