Oceanagold (OGC) and The Competition Critical Survey

Oceanagold (NYSE:OGC) is one of 1,989 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Oceanagold to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Oceanagold and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oceanagold	$2.46 billion	$628.70 million	14.51
Oceanagold Competitors	$5.04 billion	$267.28 million	-21.75

Oceanagold’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Oceanagold. Oceanagold 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Oceanagold and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oceanagold	1	0	1	2	3.00
Oceanagold Competitors	6282	22361	31948	1750	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 25.25%. Given Oceanagold’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oceanagold has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

Oceanagold pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Oceanagold pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.0% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Oceanagold lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oceanagold	35.14%	36.44%	26.57%
Oceanagold Competitors	-1,158,604,987,491,368,400.00%	48.33%	-2.33%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.8% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Oceanagold rivals beat Oceanagold on 8 of the 14 factors compared.

About Oceanagold

OceanaGold Corporation is an intermediate gold and copper producer. OceanaGold Corporation is based in VANCOUVER, BC.