Head to Head Comparison: Oceanagold (OGC) & Its Rivals

Oceanagold (NYSE:OGC) is one of 1,989 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Oceanagold to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Oceanagold and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oceanagold	$1.89 billion	$628.70 million	27.77
Oceanagold Competitors	$4.56 billion	$266.78 million	-21.31

Oceanagold’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Oceanagold. Oceanagold 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Oceanagold and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oceanagold	1	0	1	2	3.00
Oceanagold Competitors	6279	22343	31912	1743	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 29.39%. Given Oceanagold’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oceanagold has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

Oceanagold pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Oceanagold pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.1% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Oceanagold lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oceanagold	35.14%	37.64%	27.39%
Oceanagold Competitors	-1,158,604,987,491,368,400.00%	48.22%	-2.34%

Summary

Oceanagold rivals beat Oceanagold on 8 of the 14 factors compared.

About Oceanagold

OceanaGold Corporation is an intermediate gold and copper producer. OceanaGold Corporation is based in VANCOUVER, BC.