CGAU vs. RGLD, AEM, AGI, BTG, EGO, HL, KGC, PAAS, WPM, and SVM
Should you be buying Centerra Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centerra Gold include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Hecla Mining (HL), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Silvercorp Metals (SVM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Centerra Gold vs. Its Competitors
Centerra Gold (NYSE:CGAU) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Centerra Gold had 8 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Centerra Gold and 12 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Centerra Gold's score of 1.04 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
55.4% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Centerra Gold has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Centerra Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Centerra Gold pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Royal Gold pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years.
Centerra Gold presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.38%. Royal Gold has a consensus target price of $192.13, suggesting a potential upside of 21.53%. Given Centerra Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Centerra Gold is more favorable than Royal Gold.
Royal Gold has a net margin of 52.15% compared to Centerra Gold's net margin of 3.68%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 12.48% beat Centerra Gold's return on equity.
Royal Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Centerra Gold. Royal Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centerra Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Royal Gold beats Centerra Gold on 12 of the 20 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 NYSE 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 (NYSE:CGAU) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
