IMG vs. EQX, CEE, PRU, SSL, OGC, FVI, DPM, CG, KNT, and SEA
Should you be buying IAMGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAMGOLD include Equinox Gold (EQX), Centamin (CEE), Perseus Mining (PRU), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), OceanaGold (OGC), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Centerra Gold (CG), K92 Mining (KNT), and Seabridge Gold (SEA). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) and IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Equinox Gold had 2 more articles in the media than IAMGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Equinox Gold and 15 mentions for IAMGOLD. Equinox Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.46 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
57.1% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.8% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
IAMGOLD has a net margin of 9.55% compared to IAMGOLD's net margin of 2.65%. Equinox Gold's return on equity of 4.36% beat IAMGOLD's return on equity.
IAMGOLD has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Equinox Gold. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinox Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IAMGOLD has a consensus target price of C$4.99, suggesting a potential downside of 3.60%. Given Equinox Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IAMGOLD is more favorable than Equinox Gold.
IAMGOLD received 333 more outperform votes than Equinox Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.25% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Equinox Gold an outperform vote.
Equinox Gold has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IAMGOLD beats Equinox Gold on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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