AGF.B vs. CG, PSA, GC, LB, WELL, CBL, SVC, GS, STEP, and ARR
Should you be buying AGF Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AGF Management include Centerra Gold (CG), Purpose High Interest Savings Fund (PSA), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), WELL Health Technologies (WELL), Callidus Capital (CBL), Sandvine (SVC), Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), STEP Energy Services (STEP), and Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
AGF Management vs. Its Competitors
AGF Management (TSE:AGF.B) and Centerra Gold (TSE:CG) are both trading companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
AGF Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Centerra Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. AGF Management pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centerra Gold pays out 59.3% 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. AGF Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Centerra Gold had 8 more articles in the media than AGF Management. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Centerra Gold and 2 mentions for AGF Management. Centerra Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat AGF Management's score of 0.00 indicating that Centerra Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AGF Management has a net margin of 16.58% compared to Centerra Gold's net margin of 8.32%. AGF Management's return on equity of 7.64% beat Centerra Gold's return on equity.
AGF Management presently has a consensus target price of C$16.35, suggesting a potential upside of 21.02%. Centerra Gold has a consensus target price of C$14.94, suggesting a potential downside of 9.96%. Given AGF Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AGF Management is more favorable than Centerra Gold.
AGF Management has a beta of 1.393122, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centerra Gold has a beta of 1.553819, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
12.7% of AGF Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of AGF Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AGF Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Centerra Gold. AGF Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centerra Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AGF Management beats Centerra Gold on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:AGF.B) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
