AR vs. OGC, TGZ, NGD, DPM, CG, SEA, TXG, OLA, KNT, and NG
Should you be buying Argonaut Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Argonaut Gold include OceanaGold (OGC), Teranga Gold (TGZ), New Gold (NGD), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Centerra Gold (CG), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Torex Gold Resources (TXG), Orla Mining (OLA), K92 Mining (KNT), and NovaGold Resources (NG). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Argonaut Gold (TSE:AR) and OceanaGold (TSE:OGC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
OceanaGold has a net margin of 3.69% compared to Argonaut Gold's net margin of -83.99%. OceanaGold's return on equity of 2.29% beat Argonaut Gold's return on equity.
48.1% of Argonaut Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of OceanaGold shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of Argonaut Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of OceanaGold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Argonaut Gold received 431 more outperform votes than OceanaGold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.78% of users gave Argonaut Gold an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave OceanaGold an outperform vote.
OceanaGold has higher revenue and earnings than Argonaut Gold. Argonaut Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OceanaGold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, OceanaGold had 1 more articles in the media than Argonaut Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for OceanaGold and 1 mentions for Argonaut Gold. Argonaut Gold's average media sentiment score of -0.04 beat OceanaGold's score of -0.07 indicating that Argonaut Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Argonaut Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$0.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. OceanaGold has a consensus target price of C$4.19, suggesting a potential upside of 34.01%. Given OceanaGold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe OceanaGold is more favorable than Argonaut Gold.
Argonaut Gold has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanaGold has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OceanaGold beats Argonaut Gold on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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