K vs. PAAS, TNX, AGI, BTO, LUG, ELD, OR, FNV, WPM, and ABX
Should you be buying Kinross Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinross Gold include Pan American Silver (PAAS), TRX Gold (TNX), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Barrick Gold (ABX). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) and Kinross Gold (TSE:K) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Kinross Gold received 400 more outperform votes than Pan American Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.63% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote while only 67.45% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote.
Pan American Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$29.13, indicating a potential upside of 12.11%. Kinross Gold has a consensus price target of C$10.70, indicating a potential upside of 16.18%. Given Pan American Silver's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kinross Gold is more favorable than Pan American Silver.
62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Kinross Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Kinross Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kinross Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinross Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kinross Gold has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Kinross Gold's net margin of -4.48%. Pan American Silver's return on equity of 6.88% beat Kinross Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 28 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Kinross Gold and 0 mentions for Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Kinross Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Pan American Silver pays out -122.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinross Gold pays out 34.8% 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. Pan American Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kinross Gold beats Pan American Silver on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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