Head-To-Head Comparison: Allied Gold (AAUC) & The Competition

Allied Gold (NYSE:AAUC) is one of 53 public companies in the “MINING – GOLD” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Allied Gold to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allied Gold	-13.41%	30.88%	9.23%
Allied Gold Competitors	19.25%	14.00%	9.10%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Allied Gold and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allied Gold	0	1	0	0	2.00
Allied Gold Competitors	391	2213	2665	140	2.47

As a group, “MINING – GOLD” companies have a potential downside of 12.00%. Given Allied Gold’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Allied Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Allied Gold and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allied Gold	$730.38 million	-$115.63 million	-28.13
Allied Gold Competitors	$2.72 billion	$491.91 million	-27.27

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.7% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Allied Gold rivals beat Allied Gold on 10 of the 12 factors compared.

Allied Gold Company Profile

Allied Gold Corporation is a gold producer. It operates a portfolio of producing assets and development projects located principally in Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Ethiopia. Allied Gold Corporation is based in Canada.