Reviewing Allied Gold (AAUC) and The Competition

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

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%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

44.7% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of shares of all “MINING – GOLD” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations 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	387	2205	2653	136	2.47

As a group, “MINING – GOLD” companies have a potential downside of 10.04%. Given Allied Gold’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Allied Gold has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Allied Gold and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allied Gold	$730.38 million	-$115.63 million	-28.70
Allied Gold Competitors	$5.28 billion	$491.91 million	-24.10

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

Summary

Allied Gold rivals beat Allied Gold on 10 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.