AGI vs. HWKN, RGLD, AEM, AXTA, BTG, EGO, KGC, OR, PAAS, and WPM
Should you be buying Alamos Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alamos Gold include Hawkins (HWKN), Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Kinross Gold (KGC), OR Royalties (OR), Pan American Silver (PAAS), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Alamos Gold vs. Its Competitors
Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) and Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Alamos Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Hawkins. Hawkins is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 11 more articles in the media than Hawkins. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Alamos Gold and 12 mentions for Hawkins. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Hawkins' score of 0.40 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Hawkins pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamos Gold pays out 16.1% 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. Hawkins has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Hawkins is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hawkins presently has a consensus target price of $142.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.70%. Alamos Gold has a consensus target price of $30.38, suggesting a potential upside of 22.18%. Given Alamos Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than Hawkins.
69.7% of Hawkins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Hawkins shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 18.36% compared to Hawkins' net margin of 8.66%. Hawkins' return on equity of 18.93% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.
Hawkins has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats Hawkins on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AGI) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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