B2Gold (BTO) Competitors

B2Gold (TSE:BTO) and Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BTO or EFR?

43.2% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of B2Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Energy Fuels shares are held by 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.

Is BTO or EFR more profitable?

B2Gold has a net margin of -38.20% compared to Energy Fuels' net margin of -90.40%. Energy Fuels' return on equity of -9.25% beat B2Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
B2Gold	-38.20%	-20.27%	6.33%
Energy Fuels	-90.40%	-9.25%	-4.04%

Which has more volatility & risk, BTO or EFR?

B2Gold has a beta of 0.816202, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.77809, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BTO or EFR?

B2Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$6.75, indicating a potential downside of 9.88%. Given B2Gold's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Energy Fuels.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
B2Gold	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Energy Fuels	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BTO or EFR?

Energy Fuels has lower revenue, but higher earnings than B2Gold. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B2Gold, 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
B2Gold	C$2.17B	4.56	-C$563.17M	-C$0.35	-21.40
Energy Fuels	C$65.08M	130.97	-C$29.68M	-C$0.49	-75.41

Does the media favor BTO or EFR?

In the previous week, Energy Fuels had 2 more articles in the media than B2Gold. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Energy Fuels and 12 mentions for B2Gold. Energy Fuels' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat B2Gold's score of 0.44 indicating that Energy Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
B2Gold	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Energy Fuels	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Energy Fuels beats B2Gold on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.