HOC vs. AUY, CEY, HGM, PAF, ACA, RSG, AMRQ, MTL, CMCL, and THX
Should you be buying Hochschild Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hochschild Mining include Yamana Gold (AUY), Centamin (CEY), Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (HGM), Pan African Resources (PAF), Acacia Mining (ACA), Resolute Mining (RSG), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Metals Exploration (MTL), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), and Thor Explorations (THX). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Hochschild Mining vs. Its Competitors
Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) and Yamana Gold (LON:AUY) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.
Hochschild Mining has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yamana Gold has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
48.0% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.7% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yamana Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hochschild Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Yamana Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share. Hochschild Mining pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Yamana Gold pays out -1,204.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Hochschild Mining has a net margin of 3.79% compared to Yamana Gold's net margin of -54.36%. Hochschild Mining's return on equity of 4.90% beat Yamana Gold's return on equity.
Hochschild Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Yamana Gold. Yamana Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hochschild Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hochschild Mining presently has a consensus price target of GBX 290, indicating a potential upside of 9.17%. Given Hochschild Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Hochschild Mining is more favorable than Yamana Gold.
In the previous week, Hochschild Mining had 3 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hochschild Mining and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. Hochschild Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Yamana Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Hochschild Mining beats Yamana Gold on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HOC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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