IMG vs. TXG, KNT, CG, DPM, EQX, CEE, SEA, OLA, TGZ, and EQB
Should you be buying IAMGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAMGOLD include Torex Gold Resources (TXG), K92 Mining (KNT), Centerra Gold (CG), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Equinox Gold (EQX), Centamin (CEE), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Orla Mining (OLA), Teranga Gold (TGZ), and EQB (EQB). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
IAMGOLD vs.
IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) and Torex Gold Resources (TSE:TXG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
IAMGOLD currently has a consensus price target of C$3.15, suggesting a potential downside of 11.02%. Torex Gold Resources has a consensus price target of C$21.78, suggesting a potential downside of 2.08%. Given Torex Gold Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Torex Gold Resources is more favorable than IAMGOLD.
IAMGOLD received 52 more outperform votes than Torex Gold Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.00% of users gave Torex Gold Resources an outperform vote while only 53.16% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.
IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Torex Gold Resources has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Torex Gold Resources has a net margin of 21.74% compared to IAMGOLD's net margin of -7.31%. Torex Gold Resources' return on equity of 15.80% beat IAMGOLD's return on equity.
In the previous week, Torex Gold Resources had 1 more articles in the media than IAMGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Torex Gold Resources and 1 mentions for IAMGOLD. Torex Gold Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.00 indicating that Torex Gold Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.1% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Torex Gold Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Torex Gold Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Torex Gold Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Torex Gold Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Torex Gold Resources beats IAMGOLD on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IMG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
