IMG vs. AGI, YRI, WFT, BTO, LUG, ELD, OR, PRU, EQX, and ASR
Should you be buying IAMGOLD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAMGOLD include Alamos Gold (AGI), Yamana Gold (YRI), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Perseus Mining (PRU), Equinox Gold (EQX), and Alacer Gold (ASR). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Alamos Gold (TSE:AGI) and IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 3 more articles in the media than Alamos Gold. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IAMGOLD and 4 mentions for Alamos Gold. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.56 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 7.12% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.
69.8% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of IAMGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of IAMGOLD shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alamos Gold received 246 more outperform votes than IAMGOLD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.98% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote while only 52.17% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.
Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamos Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$22.55, indicating a potential downside of 1.05%. IAMGOLD has a consensus price target of C$5.03, indicating a potential downside of 6.25%. Given IAMGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than IAMGOLD.
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.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats IAMGOLD on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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