EGO vs. AU, KGC, PAAS, AGI, HMY, SBSW, BTG, OR, CDE, and AG
Should you be buying Eldorado Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eldorado Gold include AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), B2Gold (BTG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Coeur Mining (CDE), and First Majestic Silver (AG). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Eldorado Gold has a net margin of 11.43% compared to AngloGold Ashanti's net margin of 0.00%. Eldorado Gold's return on equity of 4.47% beat AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity.
Eldorado Gold currently has a consensus price target of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.01%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus price target of $24.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.32%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Eldorado Gold.
In the previous week, Eldorado Gold had 3 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Eldorado Gold and 12 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. AngloGold Ashanti's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Eldorado Gold's score of 0.57 indicating that AngloGold Ashanti is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Eldorado Gold has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eldorado Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AngloGold Ashanti.
Eldorado Gold received 208 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave Eldorado Gold an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote.
Summary
Eldorado Gold beats AngloGold Ashanti on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Eldorado Gold News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for EGO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EGO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Eldorado Gold Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
