IAG vs. AGI, PAAS, HMY, BTG, OR, SBSW, EGO, AG, SAND, and FSM
Should you be buying IAMGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAMGOLD include Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), B2Gold (BTG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Eldorado Gold (EGO), First Majestic Silver (AG), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
IAMGOLD vs. Its Competitors
Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) and IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. IAMGOLD pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Alamos Gold pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IAMGOLD pays out 17.7% 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.
Alamos Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of IAMGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of IAMGOLD shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alamos Gold currently has a consensus target price of $30.38, suggesting a potential upside of 12.49%. IAMGOLD has a consensus target price of $8.29, suggesting a potential upside of 14.58%. Given IAMGOLD's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IAMGOLD is more favorable than Alamos Gold.
Alamos Gold has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.56 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IAMGOLD received 206 more outperform votes than Alamos Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.62% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote while only 55.36% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.
IAMGOLD has a net margin of 50.19% compared to Alamos Gold's net margin of 21.11%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 10.64% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats IAMGOLD on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IAG) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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