Eldorado Gold (EGO) versus Its Rivals Head-To-Head Contrast

Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO) is one of 1,984 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Eldorado Gold to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Eldorado Gold and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eldorado Gold	1	6	6	2	2.60
Eldorado Gold Competitors	6406	22609	32308	1801	2.47

Eldorado Gold presently has a consensus target price of $46.57, suggesting a potential upside of 30.95%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 25.53%. Given Eldorado Gold’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Eldorado Gold is more favorable than its competitors.

Dividends

Eldorado Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Eldorado Gold pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.1% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

69.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Eldorado Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Eldorado Gold and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eldorado Gold	31.67%	10.31%	6.74%
Eldorado Gold Competitors	-1,164,884,689,320,590,400.00%	-52.92%	-2.03%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Eldorado Gold and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eldorado Gold	$1.82 billion	$507.26 million	11.85
Eldorado Gold Competitors	$5.22 billion	$278.94 million	-26.24

Eldorado Gold’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Eldorado Gold. Eldorado Gold is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Eldorado Gold has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eldorado Gold’s competitors have a beta of 0.96, meaning that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Eldorado Gold beats its competitors on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Eldorado Gold Company Profile

Eldorado Gold Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mining, exploration, development, and sale of mineral products primarily in Turkey, Canada, Greece, and Romania. The company primarily produces gold, as well as silver, lead, and zinc. It holds a 100% interest in the Kisladag and Efemçukuru mines located in Turkey; Lamaque complex located in Canada; and Olympias, Stratoni, Skouries, Perama Hill, and Sapes gold mines located in Greece, as well as the 80.5% interest in Certej development projects located in Romania. The company was formerly known as Eldorado Corporation Ltd. and changed its name to Eldorado Gold Corporation in April 1996. Eldorado Gold Corporation was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.