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RGLD vs. NEM, TFPM, SSRM, MSB, SRL, VNTR, VNTRQ, WPM, GOLD, and DD

Should you be buying Royal Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Gold include Newmont (NEM), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), SSR Mining (SSRM), Mesabi Trust (MSB), Scully Royalty (SRL), Venator Materials (VNTR), Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), and DuPont de Nemours (DD).

Royal Gold vs.

Newmont (NYSE:NEM) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.

In the previous week, Newmont had 26 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Newmont and 16 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Newmont's score of 0.64 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Newmont
29 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royal Gold
13 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Royal Gold has a net margin of 46.15% compared to Newmont's net margin of 17.92%. Newmont's return on equity of 13.52% beat Royal Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Newmont17.92% 13.52% 7.16%
Royal Gold 46.15%11.46%10.44%

Newmont has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Newmont presently has a consensus target price of $53.78, suggesting a potential upside of 11.18%. Royal Gold has a consensus target price of $168.86, suggesting a potential upside of 0.95%. Given Newmont's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Newmont is more favorable than Royal Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Newmont
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Royal Gold
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Newmont received 166 more outperform votes than Royal Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.05% of users gave Royal Gold an outperform vote while only 63.21% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NewmontOutperform Votes
926
63.21%
Underperform Votes
539
36.79%
Royal GoldOutperform Votes
760
70.05%
Underperform Votes
325
29.95%

68.8% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Royal Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newmont. Newmont is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Newmont$18.68B2.92-$2.49B$2.9316.51
Royal Gold$719.40M15.29$332.02M$5.0433.19

Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Newmont pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Royal Gold has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Royal Gold beats Newmont on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RGLD vs. The Competition

MetricRoyal Goldinvesting IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.00B$3.49B$2.96B$7.50B
Dividend Yield1.12%23.39%5.13%4.04%
P/E Ratio33.1912.2976.9518.08
Price / Sales15.299.5824,351,377,058,405,500.0086.83
Price / Cash20.4029.4524.3334.64
Price / Book3.511.705.033.99
Net Income$332.02M$58.06M$153.99M$247.18M
7 Day Performance3.13%-1.29%-1.24%-4.25%
1 Month Performance13.23%7.38%4.72%-6.87%
1 Year Performance36.66%49.84%14.83%-3.73%

Royal Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RGLD
Royal Gold
3.888 of 5 stars
$167.27
+1.6%
$168.86
+0.9%
+36.3%$11.00B$719.40M33.1930Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NEM
Newmont
4.6344 of 5 stars
$48.28
+0.4%
$53.16
+10.1%
+29.9%$54.43B$18.68B16.4832,400Gap Down
TFPM
Triple Flag Precious Metals
2.5674 of 5 stars
$19.14
-1.3%
$20.50
+7.1%
+30.9%$3.84B$268.99M-173.967Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SSRM
SSR Mining
1.9703 of 5 stars
$10.04
-7.8%
$9.93
-1.0%
+110.0%$2.03B$995.62M-7.782,500Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
MSB
Mesabi Trust
1.7221 of 5 stars
$27.26
+1.2%
N/A+42.6%$357.65M$25.60M3.89N/APositive News
SRL
Scully Royalty
1.621 of 5 stars
$8.14
+1.7%
N/A+25.3%$120.70M$46.53M0.0070Positive News
VNTR
Venator Materials
N/A$350.00
flat
N/AN/A$37.45B$2.17B-201.153,685Gap Down
VNTRQ
Venator Materials
N/A$350.00
flat
N/AN/A$37.45B$2.17B-106.713,400Gap Down
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.4605 of 5 stars
$77.64
+1.0%
$72.44
-6.7%
+53.8%$35.22B$1.28B57.9440Ex-Dividend
Positive News
Gap Down
GOLD
Barrick Gold
3.7076 of 5 stars
$19.41
+1.4%
$23.71
+22.2%
+11.2%$33.49B$12.92B15.7824,600Positive News
Gap Down
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.7627 of 5 stars
$74.72
+0.9%
$99.17
+32.7%
-12.2%$31.24B$12.39B44.7423,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:RGLD) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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