CGAU vs. BTG, OR, EGO, IAG, AG, SAND, FSM, SKE, SILV, and SA
Should you be buying Centerra Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centerra Gold include B2Gold (BTG), OR Royalties (OR), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Iamgold (IAG), First Majestic Silver (AG), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Fortuna Mining (FSM), Skeena Resources (SKE), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), and Seabridge Gold (SA). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Centerra Gold vs. Its Competitors
B2Gold (NYSE:BTG) and Centerra Gold (NYSE:CGAU) 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, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
B2Gold presently has a consensus target price of $4.21, suggesting a potential upside of 16.21%. Centerra Gold has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.29%. Given Centerra Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Centerra Gold is more favorable than B2Gold.
Centerra Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than B2Gold. B2Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centerra Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Centerra Gold has a net margin of 3.68% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -33.12%. Centerra Gold's return on equity of 8.71% beat B2Gold's return on equity.
61.4% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Centerra Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of B2Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Centerra Gold shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Centerra Gold had 2 more articles in the media than B2Gold. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Centerra Gold and 9 mentions for B2Gold. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Centerra Gold's score of 0.41 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
B2Gold has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centerra Gold has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
B2Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Centerra Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. B2Gold pays out -17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Summary
Centerra Gold beats B2Gold on 13 of the 19 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 (NYSE:CGAU) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
