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AngloGold Ashanti (AU) Competitors

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$24.13 -0.42 (-1.71%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

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

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

AngloGold Ashanti vs.

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

Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Franco-Nevada pays out -45.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AngloGold Ashanti pays out 13.8% 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.

77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AngloGold Ashanti has higher revenue and earnings than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AngloGold Ashanti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franco-Nevada$1.10B20.92-$466.40M-$3.16-37.68
AngloGold Ashanti$5.30B1.91-$235M$3.207.54

AngloGold Ashanti received 45 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.49% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote while only 55.04% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Franco-NevadaOutperform Votes
404
55.04%
Underperform Votes
330
44.96%
AngloGold AshantiOutperform Votes
449
57.49%
Underperform Votes
332
42.51%

Franco-Nevada currently has a consensus target price of $152.83, indicating a potential upside of 28.35%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus target price of $31.75, indicating a potential upside of 31.58%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Franco-Nevada.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franco-Nevada
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
AngloGold Ashanti
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Franco-Nevada and Franco-Nevada both had 11 articles in the media. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.93 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franco-Nevada
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AngloGold Ashanti
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AngloGold Ashanti has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -55.28%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.55% beat AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franco-Nevada-55.28% 10.55% 10.09%
AngloGold Ashanti N/A N/A N/A

Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AngloGold Ashanti beats Franco-Nevada on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AU vs. The Competition

MetricAngloGold AshantiGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.12B$3.56B$2.77B$19.60B
Dividend Yield1.76%1.97%5.25%3.50%
P/E Ratio7.5413.17118.4043.92
Price / Sales1.918.47781,246.2817.46
Price / CashN/A22.0723.4021.72
Price / Book2.712.603.425.46
Net Income-$235M$2.10M$147.57M$986.21M
7 Day Performance-6.38%-4.85%-2.41%-2.12%
1 Month Performance1.22%0.68%5.13%1.30%
1 Year Performance34.30%28.22%21.53%16.47%

AngloGold Ashanti Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
4.2358 of 5 stars
$24.13
-1.7%
$31.75
+31.6%
+34.4%$10.13B$5.30B7.5412,227
FNV
Franco-Nevada
4.5822 of 5 stars
$120.10
+0.5%
$152.83
+27.3%
+7.2%$23.12B$1.10B-37.8040Positive News
GFI
Gold Fields
4.2552 of 5 stars
$14.23
-1.1%
$16.03
+12.6%
-13.5%$12.74B$4.36B6.826,297Positive News
Gap Down
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.7818 of 5 stars
$9.77
flat
$11.13
+13.9%
+58.6%$12.01B$4.85B16.026,600Positive News
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.6407 of 5 stars
$22.26
+0.2%
$25.42
+14.2%
+41.2%$8.08B$2.67B-130.769,900Positive News
AGI
Alamos Gold
4.8234 of 5 stars
$19.08
-0.2%
$25.06
+31.4%
+39.9%$8.02B$1.23B31.851,867Positive News
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.4953 of 5 stars
$8.89
-0.7%
$8.40
-5.5%
+44.0%$5.64B$61.38B6.4443,667Positive News
Gap Down
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
2.6261 of 5 stars
$19.10
+0.2%
$21.00
+9.9%
+32.4%$3.56B$183.20M-90.8130Positive News
BTG
B2Gold
4.2648 of 5 stars
$2.60
-0.8%
$4.12
+58.3%
N/A$3.41B$1.91B-4.636,150Positive News
EGO
Eldorado Gold
4.2066 of 5 stars
$16.10
+0.9%
$20.88
+29.7%
+25.9%$3.30B$1.19B11.944,700News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SBSW
Sibanye Stillwater
1.8983 of 5 stars
$3.90
-2.7%
$4.98
+27.6%
-27.2%$2.76B$6.17B0.0063,220

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This page (NYSE:AU) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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