SHG vs. CMCL, MTL, THX, AAZ, SAV, HUM, CNR, AMRQ, SRB, and GGP
Should you be buying Shanta Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shanta Gold include Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Metals Exploration (MTL), Thor Explorations (THX), Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ), Savannah Resources (SAV), Hummingbird Resources (HUM), Condor Gold (CNR), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Serabi Gold (SRB), and Greatland Gold (GGP). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Shanta Gold (LON:SHG) and Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Caledonia Mining received 4 more outperform votes than Shanta Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.73% of users gave Shanta Gold an outperform vote while only 72.88% of users gave Caledonia Mining an outperform vote.
Shanta Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Caledonia Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Shanta Gold pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caledonia Mining pays out -8,000.0% 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. Caledonia Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Shanta Gold has a net margin of 8.96% compared to Caledonia Mining's net margin of -6.74%. Shanta Gold's return on equity of 8.47% beat Caledonia Mining's return on equity.
In the previous week, Caledonia Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Shanta Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Caledonia Mining and 0 mentions for Shanta Gold. Shanta Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Caledonia Mining'saverage media sentiment score.
Shanta Gold has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Mining has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shanta Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Mining. Caledonia Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shanta Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.1% of Shanta Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 27.2% of Shanta Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Shanta Gold beats Caledonia Mining on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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