Osisko Gold Royalties (OR) Competitors

Osisko Gold Royalties (NYSE:OR) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, OR or AU?

Osisko Gold Royalties has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer OR or AU?

In the previous week, AngloGold Ashanti had 2 more articles in the media than Osisko Gold Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti and 11 mentions for Osisko Gold Royalties. AngloGold Ashanti's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Osisko Gold Royalties' score of 0.88 indicating that AngloGold Ashanti is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Osisko Gold Royalties	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AngloGold Ashanti	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OR or AU?

68.5% of Osisko Gold Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Osisko Gold Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is OR or AU a better dividend stock?

Osisko Gold Royalties pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Osisko Gold Royalties pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AngloGold Ashanti pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AngloGold Ashanti is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is OR or AU more profitable?

Osisko Gold Royalties has a net margin of 8.50% compared to AngloGold Ashanti's net margin of 0.00%. Osisko Gold Royalties' return on equity of 7.94% beat AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Osisko Gold Royalties	8.50%	7.94%	6.94%
AngloGold Ashanti	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OR or AU?

AngloGold Ashanti received 202 more outperform votes than Osisko Gold Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.49% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave Osisko Gold Royalties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Osisko Gold Royalties	Outperform Votes 251 57.18%	Underperform Votes 188 42.82%
AngloGold Ashanti	Outperform Votes 453 57.49%	Underperform Votes 335 42.51%

Do analysts rate OR or AU?

Osisko Gold Royalties currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.51%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.03%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Osisko Gold Royalties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Osisko Gold Royalties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
AngloGold Ashanti	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, OR or AU?

AngloGold Ashanti has higher revenue and earnings than Osisko Gold Royalties. AngloGold Ashanti is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Osisko Gold Royalties, 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
Osisko Gold Royalties	$191.16M	22.62	-$35.81M	$0.09	256.87
AngloGold Ashanti	$5.79B	2.88	$1.00B	$3.20	12.44

Summary

Osisko Gold Royalties and AngloGold Ashanti tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.