IAG vs. AGI, HMY, SBSW, BTG, EGO, OR, CDE, FSM, SAND, and CGAU
Should you be buying IAMGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAMGOLD include Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Coeur Mining (CDE), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and Centerra Gold (CGAU). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) and IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Alamos Gold has higher revenue and earnings than IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 15 more articles in the media than Alamos Gold. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for IAMGOLD and 8 mentions for Alamos Gold. IAMGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Alamos Gold's score of 0.79 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alamos Gold presently has a consensus target price of $18.15, indicating a potential upside of 5.89%. IAMGOLD has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.20%. Given IAMGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than IAMGOLD.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 19.41% compared to Alamos Gold's net margin of 12.48%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 7.38% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.
IAMGOLD received 211 more outperform votes than Alamos Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.07% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote while only 55.97% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote.
64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of IAMGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of IAMGOLD shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats IAMGOLD on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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