EQX vs. IAG, AGI, PAAS, OR, YRI, IMG, AG, NVA, SKE, and NG
Should you be buying Equinox Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinox Gold include iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Yamana Gold (YRI), IAMGOLD (IMG), First Majestic Silver (AG), NuVista Energy (NVA), Skeena Resources (SKE), and NovaGold Resources (NG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Equinox Gold vs. Its Competitors
iA Financial (TSE:IAG) and Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) are both precious metals companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Equinox Gold. Equinox Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.0% of iA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Equinox Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Equinox Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equinox Gold has a net margin of 19.82% compared to iA Financial's net margin of 6.85%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat Equinox Gold's return on equity.
iA Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$145.88, suggesting a potential downside of 2.25%. Equinox Gold has a consensus price target of C$11.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.25%. Given iA Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe iA Financial is more favorable than Equinox Gold.
In the previous week, iA Financial and iA Financial both had 2 articles in the media. Equinox Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat iA Financial's score of 0.51 indicating that Equinox Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
iA Financial beats Equinox Gold on 8 of the 15 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:EQX) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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