GOLD vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, NEM, AU, KGC, PPG, DD, and NTR
Should you be buying Barrick Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barrick Gold include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Newmont (NEM), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), PPG Industries (PPG), DuPont de Nemours (DD), and Nutrien (NTR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Barrick Gold has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 6.79%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 6.09% beat Barrick Gold's return on equity.
62.9% of Barrick Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Barrick Gold and Barrick Gold both had 38 articles in the media. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.55 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barrick Gold received 142 more outperform votes than Agnico Eagle Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.79% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote.
Barrick Gold currently has a consensus price target of $21.60, indicating a potential upside of 32.03%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $69.63, indicating a potential upside of 8.38%. Given Barrick Gold's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Barrick Gold pays out 55.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Agnico Eagle Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barrick Gold. Barrick Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Barrick Gold on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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