Centerra Gold (CGAU) vs. Its Competitors Head-To-Head Survey

Centerra Gold (NYSE:CGAU) is one of 1,984 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Centerra Gold to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and profitability.

Dividends

Centerra Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Centerra Gold pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.4% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

55.4% of Centerra Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centerra Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Centerra Gold and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centerra Gold	0	1	4	0	2.80
Centerra Gold Competitors	6424	22627	32348	1801	2.47

Centerra Gold currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.90%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 29.70%. Given Centerra Gold’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Centerra Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Centerra Gold and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centerra Gold	23.67%	15.10%	10.45%
Centerra Gold Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-52.89%	-2.06%

Risk and Volatility

Centerra Gold has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centerra Gold’s rivals have a beta of 0.96, meaning that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Centerra Gold and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Centerra Gold	$1.38 billion	$583.99 million	9.49
Centerra Gold Competitors	$4.65 billion	$278.26 million	-26.20

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

Summary

Centerra Gold beats its rivals on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Centerra Gold

Centerra Gold Inc. is a Canadian mining company that acquires, explores, develops, and operates mineral properties, with a focus on gold and copper. Its principal producing assets include the Mount Milligan copper-gold mine in British Columbia, Canada, and the Öksüt gold mine in Türkiye. The company also owns the Thompson Creek molybdenum mine in Idaho, which is on care and maintenance, and the Langeloth metallurgical facility in Pennsylvania. These assets give Centerra exposure to both precious and industrial metals.