Centerra Gold (CGAU) Competitors

Centerra Gold (NYSE:CGAU) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, CGAU or AEM?

Centerra Gold has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CGAU or AEM?

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 5 more articles in the media than Centerra Gold. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 23 mentions for Centerra Gold. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Centerra Gold's score of 0.77 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Centerra Gold	4 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Agnico Eagle Mines	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CGAU or AEM?

Centerra Gold currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 82.46%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $136.90, suggesting a potential upside of 1.11%. Given Centerra Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Centerra Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centerra Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Agnico Eagle Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.21

Is CGAU or AEM a better dividend stock?

Centerra Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Centerra Gold pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 27.2% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CGAU or AEM?

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Centerra Gold. Centerra Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Centerra Gold	$1.21B	1.20	$80.39M	$0.33	21.59
Agnico Eagle Mines	$9.66B	7.04	$1.90B	$5.88	23.03

Is CGAU or AEM more profitable?

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 30.63% compared to Centerra Gold's net margin of 6.21%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 13.79% beat Centerra Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centerra Gold	6.21%	9.12%	6.69%
Agnico Eagle Mines	30.63%	13.79%	9.66%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CGAU or AEM?

55.4% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Centerra Gold on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.