WDO vs. AGI, PAAS, OGC, YRI, EDV, OR, WFT, PRU, BTO, and IMG
Should you be buying Wesdome Gold Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wesdome Gold Mines include Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), OceanaGold (OGC), Yamana Gold (YRI), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), Perseus Mining (PRU), B2Gold (BTO), and IAMGOLD (IMG). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Wesdome Gold Mines vs. Its Competitors
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSE:WDO) and Alamos Gold (TSE:AGI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 19.89% compared to Wesdome Gold Mines' net margin of 17.01%. Wesdome Gold Mines' return on equity of 17.53% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.
46.4% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Wesdome Gold Mines had 5 more articles in the media than Alamos Gold. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Wesdome Gold Mines and 3 mentions for Alamos Gold. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Wesdome Gold Mines' score of 0.31 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wesdome Gold Mines has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wesdome Gold Mines presently has a consensus target price of C$18.19, suggesting a potential downside of 0.83%. Alamos Gold has a consensus target price of C$41.54, suggesting a potential upside of 13.29%. Given Alamos Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than Wesdome Gold Mines.
Alamos Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Wesdome Gold Mines. Wesdome Gold Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats Wesdome Gold Mines on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:WDO) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
