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Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) Competitors

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$85.12 +0.94 (+1.12%)
As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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AEM vs. WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, AGI, PAAS, HMY, OR, and BTG

Should you be buying Agnico Eagle Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agnico Eagle Mines include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and B2Gold (BTG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Agnico Eagle Mines vs.

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Agnico Eagle Mines received 253 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.09% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 57.83% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes
646
57.83%
Underperform Votes
471
42.17%
Wheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes
393
62.09%
Underperform Votes
240
37.91%

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 46.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 12.86%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 8.88% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines12.86% 8.88% 6.06%
Wheaton Precious Metals 50.05%8.85%8.74%

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. Agnico Eagle Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines$6.63B6.45$1.94B$2.0042.56
Wheaton Precious Metals$1.02B25.78$537.64M$1.3443.09

Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of $89.13, indicating a potential upside of 4.71%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $71.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.12%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wheaton Precious Metals 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)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Wheaton Precious Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 9 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 10 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.88 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEM vs. The Competition

MetricAgnico Eagle MinesGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$42.72B$3.61B$2.94B$19.88B
Dividend Yield1.90%2.06%5.10%3.70%
P/E Ratio42.5611.87110.1941.44
Price / Sales6.459.42869,796.6917.17
Price / Cash16.2020.7024.2819.84
Price / Book2.182.623.725.73
Net Income$1.94B$1.18M$152.70M$993.95M
7 Day Performance0.92%0.40%1.50%3.21%
1 Month Performance9.46%7.73%3.92%5.20%
1 Year Performance73.22%42.06%26.53%19.33%

Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.3248 of 5 stars
$85.12
+1.1%
$89.13
+4.7%
+73.8%$42.72B$6.63B42.5615,875Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.4357 of 5 stars
$55.94
-2.2%
$71.67
+28.1%
+25.4%$25.38B$1.22B41.7540Positive News
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.8654 of 5 stars
$124.49
-2.0%
$145.33
+16.7%
+17.2%$23.96B$1.10B-39.4040Short Interest ↑
GFI
Gold Fields
3.4773 of 5 stars
$14.65
-0.5%
$16.03
+9.4%
+22.4%$13.11B$4.36B0.006,297Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.2647 of 5 stars
$10.08
-3.4%
$11.13
+10.4%
+89.8%$12.39B$4.85B16.5237,369Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.2828 of 5 stars
$25.48
-1.9%
$31.75
+24.6%
+68.1%$10.69B$5.30B7.9612,227Short Interest ↑
AGI
Alamos Gold
4.8414 of 5 stars
$19.06
-2.3%
$25.06
+31.5%
+59.1%$8.01B$1.23B31.771,867Analyst Revision
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.5746 of 5 stars
$20.53
-3.8%
$25.42
+23.8%
+56.7%$7.45B$2.67B-120.769,900Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
2.3304 of 5 stars
$8.98
-1.4%
$8.40
-6.5%
+75.9%$5.70B$61.38B5.8743,667Positive News
Gap Up
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
3.2359 of 5 stars
$18.40
-1.4%
$21.00
+14.1%
+31.7%$3.43B$248.02M-87.6230Short Interest ↓
BTG
B2Gold
4.2669 of 5 stars
$2.52
-2.7%
$4.12
+63.4%
N/A$3.32B$1.91B-4.504,690Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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