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AngloGold Ashanti (AU) Competitors

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$23.83 -0.18 (-0.75%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

AU vs. AEM, FNV, GFI, KGC, PAAS, AGI, HMY, BTG, OR, and EGO

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

AngloGold Ashanti vs.

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company 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.

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than AngloGold Ashanti.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines$6.63B5.81$1.94B$2.0038.38
AngloGold Ashanti$4.58B2.18-$235MN/AN/A

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 12.86% compared to AngloGold Ashanti's net margin of 0.00%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 8.88% beat AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines12.86% 8.88% 6.06%
AngloGold Ashanti N/A N/A N/A

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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.

Agnico Eagle Mines received 199 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.89% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes
646
57.89%
Underperform Votes
470
42.11%
AngloGold AshantiOutperform Votes
447
57.46%
Underperform Votes
331
42.54%

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 22 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 5 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.11 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
AngloGold Ashanti
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus target price of $86.78, indicating a potential upside of 13.05%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus target price of $33.67, indicating a potential upside of 41.28%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AngloGold Ashanti 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
AngloGold Ashanti
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats AngloGold Ashanti on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AU vs. The Competition

MetricAngloGold AshantiGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.00B$3.55B$2.88B$19.83B
Dividend Yield1.83%2.01%5.15%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A11.03112.1041.90
Price / Sales2.187.90539,135.1820.68
Price / CashN/A16.9923.6521.65
Price / Book2.672.333.664.66
Net Income-$235M$2.16M$149.87M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-13.85%4.55%-3.53%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-14.89%-10.86%-3.81%-0.47%
1 Year Performance39.11%34.07%27.18%24.69%

AngloGold Ashanti Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.6349 of 5 stars
$23.83
-0.7%
$33.67
+41.3%
+39.1%$10.00B$4.58B0.0012,227Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.3837 of 5 stars
$75.99
-1.5%
N/A+57.6%$38.13B$6.63B38.0015,875Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.4778 of 5 stars
$113.24
-1.5%
N/A-5.8%$21.80B$1.22B-35.8440Short Interest ↑
GFI
Gold Fields
3.6517 of 5 stars
$13.68
-2.4%
N/A+5.4%$12.24B$4.50B0.006,297Short Interest ↑
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.3128 of 5 stars
$9.30
-2.2%
N/A+70.0%$11.68B$4.24B15.246,600Short Interest ↑
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.1861 of 5 stars
$21.52
-2.2%
N/A+49.1%$7.81B$2.32B-126.589,900Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
AGI
Alamos Gold
4.7077 of 5 stars
$17.77
-0.9%
N/A+35.1%$7.47B$1.02B29.621,867Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
2.2727 of 5 stars
$9.04
-2.1%
N/A+58.6%$5.74B$3.31B0.0043,667Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
BTG
B2Gold
3.3433 of 5 stars
$2.68
-2.2%
N/AN/A$3.52B$1.93B-4.796,150Analyst Revision
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
2.8949 of 5 stars
$18.42
-0.9%
N/A+48.2%$3.44B$248.02M-87.7130
EGO
Eldorado Gold
3.6423 of 5 stars
$15.36
-0.1%
N/A+36.8%$3.15B$1.01B11.464,700Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:AU) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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