HGM vs. CEY, ACA, RSG, GGP, PAF, AUY, POLY, EVR, BREE, and FAN
Should you be buying Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) include Centamin (CEY), Acacia Mining (ACA), Resolute Mining (RSG), Greatland Gold (GGP), Pan African Resources (PAF), Yamana Gold (AUY), Polymetal International (POLY), EVRAZ (EVR), Breedon Group (BREE), and Volution Group (FAN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) vs.
Centamin (LON:CEY) and Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (LON:HGM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Centamin received 539 more outperform votes than Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.68% of users gave Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Centamin an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Centamin had 4 more articles in the media than Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L). MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Centamin and 0 mentions for Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L). Centamin's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Centamin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Centamin presently has a consensus price target of GBX 130, indicating a potential upside of 30.60%. Given Centamin's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Centamin is more favorable than Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L).
Centamin pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Centamin pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Centamin has a net margin of 9.19% compared to Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L)'s net margin of 0.00%. Centamin's return on equity of 12.98% beat Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L)'s return on equity.
Centamin has higher revenue and earnings than Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L). Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centamin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
72.9% of Centamin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centamin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Centamin beats Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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