Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) Competitors

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Newmont (NYSE:NEM) 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 earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AEM or NEM?

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AEM or NEM?

Newmont received 276 more outperform votes than Agnico Eagle Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.32% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Agnico Eagle Mines	Outperform Votes 646 57.89%	Underperform Votes 470 42.11%
Newmont	Outperform Votes 922 63.32%	Underperform Votes 534 36.68%

Is AEM or NEM a better dividend stock?

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 80.0% 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 pays out -65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, AEM or NEM?

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AEM or NEM more profitable?

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Newmont's net margin of -7.03%. Newmont's return on equity of 9.80% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines	12.86%	8.88%	6.06%
Newmont	-7.03%	9.80%	5.18%

Does the media favor AEM or NEM?

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 3 more articles in the media than Newmont. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 24 mentions for Newmont. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Newmont's score of 1.10 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Newmont	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate AEM or NEM?

Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of $86.78, suggesting a potential upside of 13.05%. Newmont has a consensus price target of $54.14, suggesting a potential upside of 32.28%. Given Newmont's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Newmont is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agnico Eagle Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Newmont	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AEM or NEM?

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines	$6.63B	5.81	$1.94B	$2.00	38.38
Newmont	$11.81B	3.94	-$2.49B	-$1.52	-26.93

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Newmont on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.