CEY vs. HOC, RSG, PAF, EDV, VSVS, BREE, VCT, ELM, SRC, and MSLH
Should you be buying Centamin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centamin include Hochschild Mining (HOC), Resolute Mining (RSG), Pan African Resources (PAF), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Vesuvius (VSVS), Breedon Group (BREE), Victrex (VCT), Elementis (ELM), SigmaRoc (SRC), and Marshalls (MSLH). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Centamin (LON:CEY) and Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Centamin has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hochschild Mining has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Centamin received 437 more outperform votes than Hochschild Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.48% of users gave Centamin an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Hochschild Mining an outperform vote.
Centamin has a net margin of 10.35% compared to Hochschild Mining's net margin of -7.93%. Centamin's return on equity of 14.33% beat Hochschild Mining's return on equity.
Centamin presently has a consensus target price of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 20.00%. Hochschild Mining has a consensus target price of GBX 140, indicating a potential downside of 11.62%. Given Centamin's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Centamin is more favorable than Hochschild Mining.
In the previous week, Hochschild Mining had 10 more articles in the media than Centamin. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hochschild Mining and 2 mentions for Centamin. Centamin's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Hochschild Mining's score of 0.30 indicating that Centamin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Centamin pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Hochschild Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Centamin pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hochschild Mining pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hochschild Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Centamin has higher revenue and earnings than Hochschild Mining. Hochschild Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centamin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
71.1% of Centamin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centamin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.6% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Centamin beats Hochschild Mining on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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