Taseko Mines (TKO) Competitors

Endeavour Silver (TSE:EDR) and Taseko Mines (TSE:TKO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EDR or TKO?

35.2% of Endeavour Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Endeavour Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer EDR or TKO?

In the previous week, Endeavour Silver had 6 more articles in the media than Taseko Mines. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Endeavour Silver and 0 mentions for Taseko Mines. Taseko Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Endeavour Silver's score of -0.12 indicating that Taseko Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Endeavour Silver	Neutral
Taseko Mines	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, EDR or TKO?

Taseko Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Endeavour Silver. Taseko Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Endeavour Silver, 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
Endeavour Silver	C$247.75M	10.12	-C$20.79M	-C$0.27	-32.00
Taseko Mines	C$578.65M	2.75	C$77.33M	-C$0.10	-50.20

Do analysts prefer EDR or TKO?

Endeavour Silver currently has a consensus price target of C$7.96, suggesting a potential downside of 7.89%. Taseko Mines has a consensus price target of C$5.17, suggesting a potential upside of 2.92%. Given Taseko Mines' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Taseko Mines is more favorable than Endeavour Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Endeavour Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Taseko Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, EDR or TKO?

Endeavour Silver has a beta of 1.821024, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.30504, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EDR or TKO more profitable?

Taseko Mines has a net margin of 12.69% compared to Endeavour Silver's net margin of -13.04%. Taseko Mines' return on equity of 16.33% beat Endeavour Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Endeavour Silver	-13.04%	-7.12%	0.10%
Taseko Mines	12.69%	16.33%	3.36%

Summary

Taseko Mines beats Endeavour Silver on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.