OceanaGold (OGC) Competitors

OceanaGold (TSE:OGC) and Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

Is OGC or LUG a better dividend stock?

OceanaGold pays an annual dividend of C$0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Lundin Gold pays an annual dividend of C$1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. OceanaGold pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lundin Gold pays out 60.1% 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OGC or LUG?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OceanaGold	C$734.01M	3.13	C$42.98M	C$0.12	37.55
Lundin Gold	C$730.61M	12.77	C$215.94M	C$1.78	30.69

Is OGC or LUG more profitable?

Lundin Gold has a net margin of 29.56% compared to OceanaGold's net margin of 5.86%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 29.88% beat OceanaGold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OceanaGold	5.86%	3.82%	2.63%
Lundin Gold	29.56%	29.88%	17.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OGC or LUG?

Lundin Gold received 219 more outperform votes than OceanaGold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.93% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote while only 36.59% of users gave OceanaGold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OceanaGold	Outperform Votes 15 36.59%	Underperform Votes 26 63.41%
Lundin Gold	Outperform Votes 234 56.93%	Underperform Votes 177 43.07%

Which has more volatility & risk, OGC or LUG?

OceanaGold has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to OGC or LUG?

In the previous week, Lundin Gold had 2 more articles in the media than OceanaGold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Lundin Gold and 3 mentions for OceanaGold. OceanaGold's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Lundin Gold's score of 1.04 indicating that OceanaGold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OceanaGold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lundin Gold	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in OGC or LUG?

57.5% of OceanaGold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.8% of Lundin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of OceanaGold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.7% of Lundin Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer OGC or LUG?

OceanaGold currently has a consensus price target of C$5.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.19%. Lundin Gold has a consensus price target of C$42.20, indicating a potential downside of 22.81%. Given OceanaGold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe OceanaGold is more favorable than Lundin Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OceanaGold	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Lundin Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Summary

Lundin Gold beats OceanaGold on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.