Allied Gold (AAUC) versus Its Peers Financial Survey

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allied Gold	$730.38 million	-$115.63 million	-24.19
Allied Gold Competitors	$2.60 billion	$491.91 million	-26.90

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Allied Gold and its peers, 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	386	2193	2622	133	2.47

As a group, “MINING – GOLD” companies have a potential downside of 5.40%. Given Allied Gold’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Allied Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Allied Gold and its peers’ 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%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

44.6% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Allied Gold peers beat Allied Gold on 9 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.