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Lundin Gold (LUG) Competitors

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C$56.23 +0.08 (+0.14%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

LUG vs. WPM, ABX, FNV, K, AGI, TNX, PAAS, YRI, EDV, and OR

Should you be buying Lundin Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lundin Gold include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (K), Alamos Gold (AGI), TRX Gold (TNX), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Endeavour Mining (EDV), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.

Lundin Gold vs.

Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) and Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

In the previous week, Lundin Gold had 5 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lundin Gold and 10 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Lundin Gold's score of 0.72 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lundin Gold
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lundin Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$42.20, indicating a potential downside of 24.95%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of C$106.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.91%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Lundin Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lundin Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
Wheaton Precious Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.44

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Lundin Gold. Lundin Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lundin GoldC$730.61M13.14C$215.94MC$1.7831.56
Wheaton Precious MetalsC$851.18M42.89C$426.03MC$1.9259.90

Lundin Gold pays an annual dividend of C$1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Lundin Gold pays out 60.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% 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 received 219 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.69% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 56.93% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lundin GoldOutperform Votes
234
56.93%
Underperform Votes
177
43.07%
Wheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes
15
57.69%
Underperform Votes
11
42.31%

27.8% of Lundin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 58.7% of Lundin Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Lundin Gold's net margin of 29.56%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 29.88% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lundin Gold29.56% 29.88% 17.59%
Wheaton Precious Metals 50.05%8.56%5.35%

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Lundin Gold on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LUG vs. The Competition

MetricLundin GoldGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$9.60BC$1.52BC$3.03BC$5.65B
Dividend Yield1.51%5.99%5.18%6.84%
P/E Ratio31.56365.9174.6729.27
Price / Sales13.14193,671,770,752,901,000.0025,549,533,275,675,700.00568.85
Price / Cash10.8121.9724.3283.07
Price / Book11.955.595.213.72
Net IncomeC$215.94MC$8.80MC$155.11MC$300.39M
7 Day Performance-1.49%-0.28%0.11%0.29%
1 Month Performance26.27%5.30%2.32%-0.19%
1 Year Performance199.25%31.31%17.57%14.06%

Lundin Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUG
Lundin Gold
2.1648 of 5 stars
C$56.23
+0.1%
C$42.20
-25.0%
+200.5%C$9.60BC$730.61M31.561,645
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
1.8747 of 5 stars
C$117.84
+1.3%
C$106.00
-10.0%
+60.5%C$37.37BC$851.18M61.3240Positive News
Gap Up
ABX
Barrick Gold
4.1411 of 5 stars
C$28.32
+1.3%
C$33.89
+19.7%
+14.9%C$34.42BC$8.51B21.3221,300Gap Up
FNV
Franco-Nevada
0.7539 of 5 stars
C$239.73
+1.2%
C$207.88
-13.3%
+43.0%C$32.53BC$769.64M-51.7740Gap Up
K
Kinross Gold
1.8855 of 5 stars
C$20.67
+0.8%
C$18.40
-11.0%
+129.2%C$17.97BC$3.43B24.3330,000Gap Up
AGI
Alamos Gold
1.0443 of 5 stars
C$41.15
+0.5%
C$41.00
-0.4%
+94.6%C$12.17BC$879.15M48.992,400Gap Up
TNX
TRX Gold
N/AC$43.33
+1.3%
N/AN/AC$12.09BC$38.01M47.00130News Coverage
PAAS
Pan American Silver
1.5952 of 5 stars
C$37.28
-1.0%
C$52.50
+40.8%
+36.7%C$9.52BC$1.88B-199.8813,000Gap Up
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
EDV
Endeavour Mining
0.8312 of 5 stars
C$40.67
+1.9%
C$28.00
-31.2%
N/AC$6.95BC$1.61B-20.363,786Gap Up
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.9229 of 5 stars
C$32.54
+0.7%
C$32.56
+0.1%
+56.2%C$6.08BC$248.46M-110.5530Gap Up

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