Centerra Gold (CG) Competitors

Centerra Gold (TSE:CG) and Air Canada (TSE:AC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has more volatility & risk, CG or AC?

Centerra Gold has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Canada has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CG or AC?

Centerra Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$11.77, indicating a potential upside of 25.47%. Air Canada has a consensus target price of C$23.75, indicating a potential upside of 45.44%. Given Air Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Centerra Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centerra Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Air Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Is CG or AC a better dividend stock?

Centerra Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Centerra Gold pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Air Canada pays out 4.5% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CG or AC?

89.3% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Air Canada shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CG or AC?

In the previous week, Air Canada had 12 more articles in the media than Centerra Gold. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Air Canada and 2 mentions for Centerra Gold. Centerra Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Air Canada's score of -0.20 indicating that Centerra Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Centerra Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Air Canada	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CG or AC?

Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Centerra Gold. Air Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centerra Gold, 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
Centerra Gold	C$1.27B	1.57	C$135.96M	C$0.83	11.30
Air Canada	C$22.26B	0.26	C$1.76B	C$4.48	3.65

Is CG or AC more profitable?

Centerra Gold has a net margin of 10.69% compared to Air Canada's net margin of 7.92%. Air Canada's return on equity of 603.77% beat Centerra Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centerra Gold	10.69%	7.98%	6.67%
Air Canada	7.92%	603.77%	4.12%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CG or AC?

Air Canada received 619 more outperform votes than Centerra Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.34% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote while only 49.52% of users gave Centerra Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centerra Gold	Outperform Votes 359 49.52%	Underperform Votes 366 50.48%
Air Canada	Outperform Votes 978 72.34%	Underperform Votes 374 27.66%

Summary

Air Canada beats Centerra Gold on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.