PAF vs. AUY, GGP, CEY, HOC, HGM, ACA, RSG, THX, MTL, and CMCL
Should you be buying Pan African Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pan African Resources include Yamana Gold (AUY), Greatland Gold (GGP), Centamin (CEY), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (HGM), Acacia Mining (ACA), Resolute Mining (RSG), Thor Explorations (THX), Metals Exploration (MTL), and Caledonia Mining (CMCL). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Pan African Resources vs. Its Competitors
Pan African Resources (LON:PAF) and Yamana Gold (LON:AUY) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Pan African Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Yamana Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share. Pan African Resources pays out 28.0% 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.
Pan African Resources has a net margin of 21.95% compared to Yamana Gold's net margin of -54.36%. Pan African Resources' return on equity of 16.03% beat Yamana Gold's return on equity.
36.5% of Pan African Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Pan African Resources 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% 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.
Pan African Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Yamana Gold. Yamana Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pan African Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pan African Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pan African Resources and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. Pan African Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Yamana Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Pan African Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pan African Resources currently has a consensus target price of GBX 83, indicating a potential upside of 7.79%. Given Pan African Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pan African Resources is more favorable than Yamana Gold.
Summary
Pan African Resources beats Yamana Gold on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PAF) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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