PAF vs. GGP, CEY, HOC, HGM, ACA, RSG, AMRQ, CMCL, THX, and MTL
Should you be buying Pan African Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pan African Resources include Greatland Gold (GGP), Centamin (CEY), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (HGM), Acacia Mining (ACA), Resolute Mining (RSG), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Thor Explorations (THX), and Metals Exploration (MTL). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Pan African Resources vs. Its Competitors
Greatland Gold (LON:GGP) and Pan African Resources (LON:PAF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
10.4% of Greatland Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Pan African Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of Greatland Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Pan African Resources shares are owned 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.
Pan African Resources has a net margin of 21.95% compared to Greatland Gold's net margin of 0.00%. Pan African Resources' return on equity of 16.03% beat Greatland Gold's return on equity.
Pan African Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Greatland Gold. Greatland 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.
Greatland Gold has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan African Resources has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Greatland Gold presently has a consensus target price of GBX 18.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.12%. Pan African Resources has a consensus target price of GBX 36.50, indicating a potential downside of 23.64%. Given Greatland Gold's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Greatland Gold is more favorable than Pan African Resources.
In the previous week, Greatland Gold had 3 more articles in the media than Pan African Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Greatland Gold and 0 mentions for Pan African Resources. Greatland Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Pan African Resources' score of -0.59 indicating that Greatland Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pan African Resources received 260 more outperform votes than Greatland Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.42% of users gave Pan African Resources an outperform vote while only 74.74% of users gave Greatland Gold an outperform vote.
Summary
Pan African Resources beats Greatland 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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:PAF) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
