Contrasting Alamos Gold (AGI) and The Competition

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Alamos Gold and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alamos Gold	$1.81 billion	$885.80 million	12.36
Alamos Gold Competitors	$5.22 billion	$278.94 million	-45.02

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Alamos Gold and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alamos Gold	0	1	8	0	2.89
Alamos Gold Competitors	6404	22596	32294	1796	2.47

Alamos Gold presently has a consensus target price of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.17%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 29.12%. Given Alamos Gold’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than its rivals.

Dividends

Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Alamos Gold pays out 6.4% 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.

Risk and Volatility

Alamos Gold has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold’s rivals have a beta of 0.96, indicating that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alamos Gold	46.66%	18.95%	13.43%
Alamos Gold Competitors	-1,168,050,136,845,918,000.00%	-53.17%	-2.08%

Summary

Alamos Gold beats its rivals on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Alamos Gold Company Profile

Alamos Gold Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and extraction of precious metals in Canada and Mexico. The company primarily explores for gold deposits. It holds 100% interest in the Young-Davidson mine and Island Gold mine located in the Ontario, Canada; Mulatos mine located in the Sonora, Mexico; and Lynn Lake project situated in the Manitoba, Canada. The company also holds interest in the Quartz Mountain project located in the Oregon United states. Alamos Gold Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Toronto, Canada.