IAG vs. AGI, HMY, SBSW, BTG, EGO, OR, CDE, FSM, SAND, and CGAU
Should you be buying IAMGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAMGOLD include Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Coeur Mining (CDE), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and Centerra Gold (CGAU). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) and IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 19.41% compared to Alamos Gold's net margin of 12.48%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 7.38% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.
Alamos Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. IAMGOLD pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Alamos Gold pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IAMGOLD pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
IAMGOLD received 211 more outperform votes than Alamos Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.07% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote while only 55.97% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote.
Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of IAMGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of IAMGOLD shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alamos Gold presently has a consensus target price of $18.15, indicating a potential upside of 8.62%. IAMGOLD has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.27%. Given IAMGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than IAMGOLD.
In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 5 more articles in the media than Alamos Gold. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for IAMGOLD and 7 mentions for Alamos Gold. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.61 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats IAMGOLD on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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