Critical Survey: Allied Gold (AAUC) versus Its Competitors

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

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	-24.19
Allied Gold Competitors	$2.60 billion	$491.91 million	-26.90

Allied Gold’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Allied Gold. Allied 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.

Institutional & Insider 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Allied Gold and its rivals, as provided 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 rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Allied Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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%

Summary

Allied Gold rivals 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.