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Eldorado Gold (EGO) Competitors

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EGO vs. RGLD, AEM, AGI, BTG, KGC, OR, PAAS, SA, WPM, and EQX

Should you be buying Eldorado Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eldorado Gold include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Kinross Gold (KGC), OR Royalties (OR), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Equinox Gold (EQX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Eldorado Gold vs. Its Competitors

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) and Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Eldorado Gold pays an annual dividend of ($99.9990) per share and has a dividend yield of -353.7%. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eldorado Gold pays out -5,025.1% 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. Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Royal Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 17 more articles in the media than Eldorado Gold. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Royal Gold and 5 mentions for Eldorado Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Eldorado Gold's score of 0.90 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Gold
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Eldorado Gold
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Royal Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eldorado Gold. Eldorado Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Gold$719.40M17.85$332.02M$6.8228.60
Eldorado Gold$1.58B3.65$289.12M$1.9914.21

83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are owned 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.

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eldorado Gold has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Royal Gold currently has a consensus target price of $198.63, indicating a potential upside of 1.82%. Eldorado Gold has a consensus target price of $23.60, indicating a potential downside of 16.53%. Given Royal Gold's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Eldorado Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Eldorado Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Royal Gold has a net margin of 56.24% compared to Eldorado Gold's net margin of 26.07%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 13.30% beat Eldorado Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Gold56.24% 13.30% 12.32%
Eldorado Gold 26.07%8.79%5.84%

Summary

Royal Gold beats Eldorado Gold on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EGO vs. The Competition

MetricEldorado GoldMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.76B$10.11B$3.63B$21.53B
Dividend YieldN/A1.40%5.05%3.49%
P/E Ratio14.2429.45158.1329.88
Price / Sales3.6516.1316,487.8751.86
Price / Cash9.9929.1524.1818.13
Price / Book1.494.296.644.66
Net Income$289.12M$317.26M$149.17M$999.94M
7 Day Performance7.36%5.15%1.89%0.96%
1 Month Performance23.96%23.11%10.42%4.72%
1 Year Performance57.17%77.76%44.78%16.87%

Eldorado Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EGO
Eldorado Gold
3.846 of 5 stars
$28.28
+0.8%
$23.60
-16.5%
+56.3%$5.76B$1.58B14.244,800Positive News
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.2043 of 5 stars
$186.43
+0.8%
$198.63
+6.5%
+32.2%$12.17B$719.40M27.3430Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.7164 of 5 stars
$154.46
+1.7%
$136.90
-11.4%
+84.4%$76.35B$8.29B26.2716,968Positive News
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.8129 of 5 stars
$32.82
+2.0%
$30.38
-7.5%
+59.3%$13.53B$1.35B39.552,400Positive News
BTG
B2Gold
1.9276 of 5 stars
$4.29
+2.9%
$4.31
+0.5%
+42.1%$5.68B$2.17B-8.944,690News Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
Gap Up
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.3329 of 5 stars
$22.57
+2.1%
$20.07
-11.1%
+136.7%$26.87B$5.15B18.206,800Positive News
OR
OR Royalties
3.4435 of 5 stars
$35.07
+1.9%
$24.33
-30.6%
+98.3%$6.48B$191.16M94.7930Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.5127 of 5 stars
$35.80
+3.5%
$32.20
-10.0%
+73.2%$12.52B$2.82B24.699,000High Trading Volume
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.5285 of 5 stars
$17.95
+1.3%
N/A+5.8%$1.81BN/A-47.2540News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.1326 of 5 stars
$106.17
+1.9%
$97.33
-8.3%
+70.7%$47.32B$1.28B61.3740News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQX
Equinox Gold
3.9308 of 5 stars
$9.83
+0.5%
$35.00
+256.1%
N/A$7.44B$1.51B-163.813,692Positive News
Short Interest ↓

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