IAG vs. CDE, SAND, AG, FSM, SA, CGAU, DRD, TGB, NFGC, and GATO
Should you be buying IAMGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAMGOLD include Coeur Mining (CDE), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), First Majestic Silver (AG), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Seabridge Gold (SA), Centerra Gold (CGAU), DRDGOLD (DRD), Taseko Mines (TGB), New Found Gold (NFGC), and Gatos Silver (GATO). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG) and Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
IAMGOLD has a net margin of 9.55% compared to Coeur Mining's net margin of -12.62%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 1.97% beat Coeur Mining's return on equity.
In the previous week, IAMGOLD and IAMGOLD both had 16 articles in the media. IAMGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.41 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IAMGOLD received 122 more outperform votes than Coeur Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.39% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.
IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IAMGOLD presently has a consensus price target of $3.55, indicating a potential downside of 4.31%. Coeur Mining has a consensus price target of $4.21, indicating a potential downside of 12.73%. Given IAMGOLD's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IAMGOLD is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
47.1% of IAMGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of IAMGOLD shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
IAMGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IAMGOLD, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
IAMGOLD beats Coeur Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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