Allied Gold (AAUC) versus Its Competitors Critical Review

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allied Gold	$730.38 million	-$115.63 million	-24.20
Allied Gold Competitors	$2.71 billion	$491.91 million	-27.53

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 current ratings and price targets for Allied Gold and its competitors, 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	2194	2624	133	2.47

As a group, “MINING – GOLD” companies have a potential downside of 6.87%. Given Allied Gold’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Allied Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Summary

Allied Gold competitors 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.