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Equinox Gold (EQX) Competitors

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C$8.63 +0.15 (+1.77%)
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EQX vs. PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, AG, NVA, SKE, NG, NDM, and SVM

Should you be buying Equinox Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinox Gold include Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), First Majestic Silver (AG), NuVista Energy (NVA), Skeena Resources (SKE), NovaGold Resources (NG), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), and Silvercorp Metals (SVM). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Equinox Gold vs. Its Competitors

Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 4 more articles in the media than Equinox Gold. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pan American Silver and 8 mentions for Equinox Gold. Equinox Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.10 indicating that Equinox Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Equinox Gold
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pan American Silver
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of C$52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.03%. Given Pan American Silver's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Equinox Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equinox Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00
Pan American Silver
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

63.4% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by company 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.

Equinox Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinox Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equinox GoldC$1.08B2.57C$214.45MC$0.949.15
Pan American SilverC$1.88B5.32-C$33.47M-C$0.19-210.01

Equinox Gold has a net margin of 19.82% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. Equinox Gold's return on equity of 8.67% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equinox Gold19.82% 8.67% 0.47%
Pan American Silver -1.78%-1.02%0.43%

Summary

Equinox Gold beats Pan American Silver on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EQX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EQX vs. The Competition

MetricEquinox GoldGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$2.78BC$1.78BC$3.24BC$6.27B
Dividend Yield6.51%6.07%5.16%6.72%
P/E Ratio9.15488.15106.8854.47
Price / Sales2.57218,432,338,912,442,000.0028,712,403,950,841,200.001,125.41
Price / Cash6.9222.1123.8783.29
Price / Book0.988.156.024.98
Net IncomeC$214.45MC$6.39MC$147.94MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.23%-0.43%0.76%0.66%
1 Month Performance0.12%2.49%4.56%4.32%
1 Year Performance9.80%39.13%24.49%25.07%

Equinox Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$8.63
+1.8%
N/A+1.6%C$2.78BC$1.08B9.157,730News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
PAAS
Pan American Silver
2.5097 of 5 stars
C$40.34
+0.6%
C$52.50
+30.1%
+19.7%C$10.30BC$1.88B-216.2813,000News Coverage
Insider Trade
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.3736 of 5 stars
C$37.21
0.0%
C$34.44
-7.4%
+54.5%C$6.95BC$248.46M-126.4130News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IMG
IAMGOLD
2.5674 of 5 stars
C$10.07
-1.7%
C$11.00
+9.2%
+67.6%C$4.09BC$1.12B5.235,360Positive News
Analyst Revision
AG
First Majestic Silver
0.1318 of 5 stars
C$11.84
-0.2%
C$7.25
-38.8%
N/AC$4.00BC$621.80M-30.705,290Analyst Revision
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.3446 of 5 stars
C$13.90
+0.7%
C$17.14
+23.3%
-2.6%C$2.85BC$1.22B9.7288Positive News
SKE
Skeena Resources
0.5882 of 5 stars
C$21.59
-1.8%
C$18.85
-12.7%
+143.3%C$2.37BN/A-13.0460
NG
NovaGold Resources
0.4177 of 5 stars
C$6.24
+0.6%
C$7.00
+12.2%
+15.8%C$1.49BN/A-32.5710News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
NDM
Northern Dynasty Minerals
N/AC$2.38
-2.9%
N/A+441.4%C$1.29BN/A-75.43N/ATrending News
Insider Trade
Gap Down
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
1.081 of 5 stars
C$6.71
+1.5%
C$7.33
+9.3%
+20.3%C$1.03BC$181.44M17.251,330

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This page (TSE:EQX) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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