Caledonia Mining (CMCL) Competitors

Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL) and Centamin (LON:CEY) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Is CMCL or CEY a better dividend stock?

Caledonia Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Centamin pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Caledonia Mining pays out 110.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centamin pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caledonia Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer CMCL or CEY?

In the previous week, Caledonia Mining had 3 more articles in the media than Centamin. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Caledonia Mining and 0 mentions for Centamin. Caledonia Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Centamin's score of 0.00 indicating that Caledonia Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Caledonia Mining	Positive
Centamin	Neutral

Do analysts rate CMCL or CEY?

Centamin has a consensus target price of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Centamin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Centamin is more favorable than Caledonia Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Caledonia Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Centamin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CMCL or CEY?

Centamin has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Mining. Centamin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Caledonia Mining	£221.34M	1.96	£12.28M	£39.66	44.88
Centamin	£930.75M	0.00	£84.67M	£0.05	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CMCL or CEY?

45.7% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Centamin shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Caledonia Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Centamin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CMCL or CEY more profitable?

Centamin has a net margin of 9.10% compared to Caledonia Mining's net margin of 5.55%. Centamin's return on equity of 14.16% beat Caledonia Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caledonia Mining	5.55%	3.99%	8.52%
Centamin	9.10%	14.16%	8.45%

Which has more volatility & risk, CMCL or CEY?

Caledonia Mining has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centamin has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Centamin beats Caledonia Mining on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.