Endeavour Silver (EXK) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EXK or EGO?

20.1% of Endeavour Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Endeavour Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are held 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.

Do analysts recommend EXK or EGO?

Endeavour Silver presently has a consensus price target of $6.63, indicating a potential upside of 82.01%. Eldorado Gold has a consensus price target of $20.38, indicating a potential upside of 8.38%. Given Endeavour Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Endeavour Silver is more favorable than Eldorado Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Endeavour Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14
Eldorado Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media favor EXK or EGO?

In the previous week, Eldorado Gold had 15 more articles in the media than Endeavour Silver. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Eldorado Gold and 10 mentions for Endeavour Silver. Eldorado Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Endeavour Silver's score of 0.76 indicating that Eldorado Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Endeavour Silver	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eldorado Gold	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EXK or EGO more profitable?

Eldorado Gold has a net margin of 21.86% compared to Endeavour Silver's net margin of -13.04%. Eldorado Gold's return on equity of 8.74% beat Endeavour Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Endeavour Silver	-13.04%	0.97%	0.73%
Eldorado Gold	21.86%	8.74%	6.04%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EXK or EGO?

Eldorado Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Endeavour Silver. Endeavour Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eldorado Gold, 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
Endeavour Silver	$217.64M	4.60	$6.12M	-$0.14	-26.00
Eldorado Gold	$1.32B	2.92	$104.63M	$1.40	13.43

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EXK or EGO?

Eldorado Gold received 256 more outperform votes than Endeavour Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.51% of users gave Eldorado Gold an outperform vote while only 58.77% of users gave Endeavour Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Endeavour Silver	Outperform Votes 402 58.77%	Underperform Votes 282 41.23%
Eldorado Gold	Outperform Votes 658 63.51%	Underperform Votes 378 36.49%

Which has more risk and volatility, EXK or EGO?

Endeavour Silver has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eldorado Gold has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Eldorado Gold beats Endeavour Silver on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.