RGLD vs. NEM, TFPM, SSRM, MSB, SRL, DD, NUE, DOW, SW, and GOLD
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), DuPont de Nemours (DD), Nucor (NUE), DOW (DOW), Smurfit Westrock (SW), and Barrick Gold (GOLD).
Royal Gold vs.
Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) and Newmont (NYSE:NEM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Royal Gold has a net margin of 42.93% compared to Newmont's net margin of -7.03%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 10.18% beat Newmont's return on equity.
Royal Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Royal Gold currently has a consensus price target of $168.86, suggesting a potential upside of 21.88%. Newmont has a consensus price target of $53.80, suggesting a potential upside of 28.95%. Given Newmont's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Newmont is more favorable than Royal Gold.
83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Royal Gold pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmont pays out -65.8% 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.
Newmont received 165 more outperform votes than Royal Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.05% of users gave Royal Gold an outperform vote while only 63.36% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Newmont had 18 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Newmont and 12 mentions for Royal Gold. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Royal Gold's score of 0.49 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Royal Gold has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Royal Gold beats Newmont on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RGLD) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
