OGC vs. ABX, FNV, K, LUG, TNX, AGI, PAAS, YRI, EDV, and OR
Should you be buying OceanaGold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanaGold include Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (K), Lundin Gold (LUG), TRX Gold (TNX), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Endeavour Mining (EDV), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
OceanaGold vs. Its Competitors
Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) and OceanaGold (TSE:OGC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, OceanaGold had 6 more articles in the media than Barrick Gold. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for OceanaGold and 4 mentions for Barrick Gold. OceanaGold's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.16 indicating that OceanaGold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. OceanaGold pays an annual dividend of C$0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Barrick Gold pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OceanaGold pays out 24.3% 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.
62.2% of Barrick Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of OceanaGold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of OceanaGold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Barrick Gold has higher revenue and earnings than OceanaGold. Barrick Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OceanaGold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barrick Gold has a net margin of 13.19% compared to OceanaGold's net margin of 5.86%. Barrick Gold's return on equity of 6.90% beat OceanaGold's return on equity.
Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanaGold has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barrick Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$33.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.05%. OceanaGold has a consensus target price of C$18.61, suggesting a potential downside of 6.43%. Given Barrick Gold's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than OceanaGold.
Summary
Barrick Gold beats OceanaGold on 12 of the 19 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 OGC 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.
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This page (TSE:OGC) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
