DRD vs. CDE, IAG, AG, FSM, SAND, CGAU, SA, SILV, EXK, and GATO
Should you be buying DRDGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DRDGOLD include Coeur Mining (CDE), IAMGOLD (IAG), First Majestic Silver (AG), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Endeavour Silver (EXK), and Gatos Silver (GATO). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
DRDGOLD has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coeur Mining.
In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 5 more articles in the media than DRDGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Coeur Mining and 1 mentions for DRDGOLD. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat DRDGOLD's score of 0.42 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Coeur Mining received 309 more outperform votes than DRDGOLD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.44% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 60.20% of users gave DRDGOLD an outperform vote.
63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DRDGOLD has a net margin of 0.00% compared to DRDGOLD's net margin of -12.77%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 0.00% beat DRDGOLD's return on equity.
Coeur Mining currently has a consensus target price of $4.36, suggesting a potential downside of 18.61%. DRDGOLD has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 91.36%. Given Coeur Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DRDGOLD is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Coeur Mining beats DRDGOLD on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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