LUG vs. ABX, WPM, FNV, K, PAAS, AGI, EDV, EQX, TNX, and IMG
Should you be buying Lundin Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lundin Gold include Barrick Gold (ABX), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (K), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Equinox Gold (EQX), TRX Gold (TNX), and IAMGOLD (IMG). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Lundin Gold vs. Its Competitors
Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) and Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Lundin Gold had 15 more articles in the media than Barrick Gold. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Lundin Gold and 10 mentions for Barrick Gold. Barrick Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Lundin Gold's score of 0.70 indicating that Barrick Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lundin Gold has a net margin of 29.56% compared to Barrick Gold's net margin of 13.19%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 29.88% beat Barrick Gold's return on equity.
Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.258618, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Gold has a beta of 1.064128, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
26.6% of Lundin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Barrick Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 58.7% of Lundin Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Barrick Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Lundin Gold. Barrick Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lundin Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lundin Gold pays an annual dividend of C$1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Lundin Gold pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Gold pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Lundin Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$68.54, suggesting a potential downside of 36.97%. Barrick Gold has a consensus price target of C$42.88, suggesting a potential downside of 14.39%. Given Barrick Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Lundin Gold.
Summary
Lundin Gold beats Barrick Gold on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (TSE:LUG) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
