IMG vs. FVI, CG, OGC, CEE, DPM, SEA, SSL, KNT, OLA, and NGD
Should you be buying IAMGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAMGOLD include Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Centerra Gold (CG), OceanaGold (OGC), Centamin (CEE), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), K92 Mining (KNT), Orla Mining (OLA), and New Gold (NGD). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) and Fortuna Silver Mines (TSE:FVI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IAMGOLD presently has a consensus target price of C$4.04, suggesting a potential upside of 16.30%. Fortuna Silver Mines has a consensus target price of C$5.70, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. Given IAMGOLD's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe IAMGOLD is more favorable than Fortuna Silver Mines.
IAMGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Fortuna Silver Mines. Fortuna Silver Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IAMGOLD, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Fortuna Silver Mines had 5 more articles in the media than IAMGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fortuna Silver Mines and 1 mentions for IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Fortuna Silver Mines' score of -0.33 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.8% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IAMGOLD received 111 more outperform votes than Fortuna Silver Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.89% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote while only 51.97% of users gave Fortuna Silver Mines an outperform vote.
IAMGOLD has a net margin of 14.24% compared to Fortuna Silver Mines' net margin of -15.00%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 4.67% beat Fortuna Silver Mines' return on equity.
Summary
IAMGOLD beats Fortuna Silver Mines on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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