Endeavour Mining (EDV) Competitors

Endeavour Mining (LON:EDV) and Yamana Gold (LON:AUY) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is EDV or AUY more profitable?

Endeavour Mining has a net margin of -14.83% compared to Yamana Gold's net margin of -54.36%. Endeavour Mining's return on equity of -11.19% beat Yamana Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Endeavour Mining	-14.83%	-11.19%	3.54%
Yamana Gold	-54.36%	-31.37%	-13.38%

Do analysts rate EDV or AUY?

Endeavour Mining currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,150, suggesting a potential upside of 23.43%. Given Endeavour Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Endeavour Mining is more favorable than Yamana Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Yamana Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is EDV or AUY a better dividend stock?

Endeavour Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 63 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Yamana Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share. Endeavour Mining pays out -55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yamana Gold pays out -1,204.8% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, EDV or AUY?

Endeavour Mining has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yamana Gold has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to EDV or AUY?

In the previous week, Endeavour Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Endeavour Mining and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. Endeavour Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Yamana Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Endeavour Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Endeavour Mining	Positive
Yamana Gold	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EDV or AUY?

Endeavour Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Yamana Gold. Endeavour Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yamana Gold, 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
Endeavour Mining	£2.86B	2.70	-£423.98M	-£112.73	-22.64
Yamana Gold	£1.81B	0.00	-£982.30M	-£0.83	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EDV or AUY?

59.2% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yamana Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Endeavour Mining beats Yamana Gold on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.