Endeavour Mining (EDV) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, EDV or AUY?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EDV or AUY?

Endeavour Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Yamana Gold. Yamana Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Endeavour 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
Endeavour Mining	£3.70B	2.05	-£423.98M	£91.00	34.53
Yamana Gold	£1.81B	0.00	-£982.30M	-£0.83	N/A

Is EDV or AUY a better dividend stock?

Endeavour Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Yamana Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share. Endeavour Mining pays out 1.1% 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.

Does the media refer more to EDV or AUY?

In the previous week, Endeavour Mining had 9 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Endeavour Mining and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. Endeavour Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.47 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	Neutral
Yamana Gold	Neutral

Do analysts recommend EDV or AUY?

Endeavour Mining presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,650, suggesting a potential upside of 16.17%. Given Endeavour Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EDV or AUY?

56.4% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yamana Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Summary

Endeavour Mining beats Yamana Gold on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.