Analyzing Allied Gold (AAUC) and The Competition

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

Profitability

This table compares Allied Gold and its competitors’ 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Allied Gold and its competitors top-line 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 competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Allied Gold. Allied Gold is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Allied Gold and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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 competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Allied Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Allied Gold competitors beat Allied Gold on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

About Allied Gold

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.