AEM vs. NGT, ABX, WPM, FNV, K, TNX, PAAS, AGI, YRI, and WFT
Should you be buying Agnico Eagle Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agnico Eagle Mines include Newmont (NGT), Barrick Gold (ABX), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (K), TRX Gold (TNX), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Yamana Gold (YRI), and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Newmont (TSE:NGT) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 463 more outperform votes than Newmont when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.00% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 60.51% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.
Newmont has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newmont. Newmont 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.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 6.79% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of -20.33%. Newmont's return on equity of 2.39% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
Newmont pays an annual dividend of C$1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Newmont pays out -30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 199.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Newmont presently has a consensus price target of C$59.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.86%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of C$97.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.87%. Given Newmont's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Newmont.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 6 more articles in the media than Newmont. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 9 mentions for Newmont. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Newmont's score of 0.01 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.0% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Newmont on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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