BTO vs. LUG, ELD, OR, PRU, EQX, IMG, CEE, SSL, FVI, and OGC
Should you be buying B2Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B2Gold include Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Perseus Mining (PRU), Equinox Gold (EQX), IAMGOLD (IMG), Centamin (CEE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), and OceanaGold (OGC). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) and B2Gold (TSE:BTO) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
Lundin Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B2Gold. B2Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lundin Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lundin Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$22.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.02%. B2Gold has a consensus target price of C$6.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.11%. Given Lundin Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Lundin Gold.
Lundin Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Lundin Gold pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B2Gold pays out -440.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. B2Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lundin Gold has a net margin of 19.47% compared to Lundin Gold's net margin of -1.88%. B2Gold's return on equity of 18.30% beat Lundin Gold's return on equity.
B2Gold received 634 more outperform votes than Lundin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.85% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lundin Gold had 6 more articles in the media than B2Gold. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lundin Gold and 2 mentions for B2Gold. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Lundin Gold's score of 0.30 indicating that Lundin Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B2Gold has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
27.3% of Lundin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 59.0% of Lundin Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of B2Gold shares are held by company 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
B2Gold beats Lundin Gold on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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