Eldorado Gold (ELD) Competitors

Eldorado Gold (TSE:ELD) and TRX Gold (TSE:TNX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Is ELD or TNX more profitable?

Eldorado Gold has a net margin of 23.32% compared to TRX Gold's net margin of -5.86%. Eldorado Gold's return on equity of 7.60% beat TRX Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eldorado Gold	23.32%	7.60%	3.27%
TRX Gold	-5.86%	3.11%	6.73%

Does the media favor ELD or TNX?

In the previous week, Eldorado Gold had 2 more articles in the media than TRX Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Eldorado Gold and 0 mentions for TRX Gold. Eldorado Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat TRX Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Eldorado Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Eldorado Gold	Neutral
TRX Gold	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ELD or TNX?

Eldorado Gold received 594 more outperform votes than TRX Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.03% of users gave TRX Gold an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave Eldorado Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eldorado Gold	Outperform Votes 655 61.39%	Underperform Votes 412 38.61%
TRX Gold	Outperform Votes 61 67.03%	Underperform Votes 30 32.97%

Which has more volatility and risk, ELD or TNX?

Eldorado Gold has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TRX Gold has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ELD or TNX?

Eldorado Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$26.92, suggesting a potential downside of 0.12%. Given Eldorado Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eldorado Gold is more favorable than TRX Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eldorado Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
TRX Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ELD or TNX?

80.5% of Eldorado Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of TRX Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of TRX Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ELD or TNX?

Eldorado Gold has higher revenue and earnings than TRX Gold.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eldorado Gold	C$835.96M	4.65	C$194.94M	C$1.92	14.03
TRX Gold	C$38.01M	328.58	-C$2.23M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Eldorado Gold beats TRX Gold on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.