PRU vs. EQX, IMG, CEE, SSL, OGC, FVI, DPM, CG, KNT, and SEA
Should you be buying Perseus Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perseus Mining include Equinox Gold (EQX), IAMGOLD (IMG), Centamin (CEE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), OceanaGold (OGC), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Centerra Gold (CG), K92 Mining (KNT), and Seabridge Gold (SEA). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Perseus Mining (TSE:PRU) and Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Perseus Mining received 85 more outperform votes than Equinox Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.80% of users gave Perseus Mining an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Equinox Gold an outperform vote.
Perseus Mining has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinox Gold has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Perseus Mining has a net margin of 31.06% compared to Equinox Gold's net margin of 2.65%. Perseus Mining's return on equity of 24.92% beat Equinox Gold's return on equity.
Perseus Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Equinox Gold. Perseus Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinox Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.0% of Perseus Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Perseus Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Equinox Gold had 8 more articles in the media than Perseus Mining. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Equinox Gold and 3 mentions for Perseus Mining. Equinox Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Perseus Mining's score of 0.11 indicating that Equinox Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Perseus Mining beats Equinox Gold on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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