WDO vs. OR, EDV, YRI, WFT, BTO, IMG, ELD, NGD, EQX, and SSRM
Should you be buying Wesdome Gold Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wesdome Gold Mines include Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Yamana Gold (YRI), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), B2Gold (BTO), IAMGOLD (IMG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), New Gold (NGD), Equinox Gold (EQX), and SSR Mining (SSRM). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Wesdome Gold Mines vs. Its Competitors
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSE:WDO) and Osisko Gold Royalties (TSE:OR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Wesdome Gold Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Osisko Gold Royalties. Osisko Gold Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wesdome Gold Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wesdome Gold Mines has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Osisko Gold Royalties has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
46.4% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Osisko Gold Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Osisko Gold Royalties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Wesdome Gold Mines had 11 more articles in the media than Osisko Gold Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Wesdome Gold Mines and 8 mentions for Osisko Gold Royalties. Wesdome Gold Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Osisko Gold Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that Wesdome Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wesdome Gold Mines has a net margin of 17.01% compared to Osisko Gold Royalties' net margin of -22.14%. Wesdome Gold Mines' return on equity of 17.53% beat Osisko Gold Royalties' return on equity.
Wesdome Gold Mines presently has a consensus target price of C$20.70, suggesting a potential upside of 21.48%. Osisko Gold Royalties has a consensus target price of C$38.33, suggesting a potential downside of 10.25%. Given Wesdome Gold Mines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wesdome Gold Mines is more favorable than Osisko Gold Royalties.
Summary
Wesdome Gold Mines beats Osisko Gold Royalties on 11 of the 16 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 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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