AngloGold Ashanti (AU) Competitors $36.04 +1.18 (+3.37%) As of 10:07 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock AU vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AGI, PAAS, HMY, BTG, and ORShould you be buying AngloGold Ashanti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AngloGold Ashanti include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), B2Gold (BTG), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry. AngloGold Ashanti vs. Agnico Eagle Mines Wheaton Precious Metals Franco-Nevada Gold Fields Kinross Gold Alamos Gold Pan American Silver Harmony Gold Mining B2Gold Osisko Gold Royalties Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment. Is AEM or AU a better dividend stock? Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AngloGold Ashanti pays out 43.1% 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. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AEM or AU? 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility and risk, AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is AEM or AU more profitable? Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 22.88% compared to AngloGold Ashanti's net margin of 0.00%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 10.45% beat AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Agnico Eagle Mines22.88% 10.45% 7.18% AngloGold Ashanti N/A N/A N/A Which has higher earnings and valuation, AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than AngloGold Ashanti. AngloGold Ashanti 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAgnico Eagle Mines$8.29B6.32$1.90B$3.7827.56AngloGold Ashanti$5.79B2.52$1.00B$3.2010.89 Do analysts prefer AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus target price of $95.78, suggesting a potential downside of 8.06%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.40%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00AngloGold Ashanti 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Does the MarketBeat Community favor AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines received 203 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.04% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 57.47% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAgnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes65358.04% Underperform Votes47241.96% AngloGold AshantiOutperform Votes45057.47% Underperform Votes33342.53% Does the media prefer AEM or AU? In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 30 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 19 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. AngloGold Ashanti's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.72 indicating that AngloGold Ashanti is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Agnico Eagle Mines 20 Very Positive mention(s) 8 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive AngloGold Ashanti 13 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryAgnico Eagle Mines beats AngloGold Ashanti on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get AngloGold Ashanti News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AU and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AU vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAngloGold AshantiGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$14.89B$4.26B$3.13B$19.74BDividend Yield3.78%1.81%5.14%3.75%P/E Ratio10.8923.2096.7334.14Price / Sales2.529.9025,591,212,775,397,100.0028.93Price / CashN/A21.1524.3217.54Price / Book3.913.065.104.65Net Income$1.00B$36.41M$153.74M$1.02B7 Day Performance1.87%0.10%-0.40%1.47%1 Month Performance13.08%12.57%4.36%-0.75%1 Year Performance63.24%46.72%29.68%7.33% AngloGold Ashanti Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AUAngloGold Ashanti2.5037 of 5 stars$36.04+3.4%$34.00-5.6%+65.3%$15.13B$5.79B11.2612,227Analyst RevisionPositive NewsGap UpAEMAgnico Eagle Mines3.8108 of 5 stars$105.46+1.8%$95.78-9.2%+87.2%$53.04B$8.29B27.9015,875Analyst RevisionWPMWheaton Precious Metals3.9437 of 5 stars$75.97+2.9%$72.44-4.6%+67.0%$34.47B$1.22B56.6940Positive NewsFNVFranco-Nevada3.4141 of 5 stars$154.26+0.6%$153.63-0.4%+36.2%$29.70B$1.11B-48.8240Positive NewsGFIGold Fields3.0465 of 5 stars$20.67+2.4%$17.20-16.8%+36.1%$18.50B$4.36B8.806,297Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsKGCKinross Gold3.8678 of 5 stars$12.01+3.3%$11.63-3.2%+116.0%$14.77B$5.15B15.6037,369Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsAGIAlamos Gold2.1451 of 5 stars$25.86+2.8%$26.06+0.8%+90.2%$10.87B$1.35B37.471,867Analyst RevisionPAASPan American Silver2.9437 of 5 stars$26.70+3.5%$27.92+4.6%+87.1%$9.67B$2.82B83.429,900Positive NewsHMYHarmony Gold Mining3.1004 of 5 stars$12.31+1.6%$8.40-31.7%+63.8%$7.81B$67.11B7.2843,667Positive NewsBTGB2Gold2.8255 of 5 stars$3.23+9.1%$4.02+24.4%N/A$4.26B$1.90B-6.734,690High Trading VolumeOROsisko Gold Royalties2.7898 of 5 stars$20.19+2.2%$22.67+12.3%+31.8%$3.77B$191.16M224.2830Positive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors Franco-Nevada Competitors Gold Fields Competitors Kinross Gold Competitors Alamos Gold Competitors Pan American Silver Competitors Harmony Gold Mining Competitors B2Gold Competitors Osisko Gold Royalties Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:AU) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersA brutally honest economic warning for 2025 (see proof)New York Times best-selling financial author and world-renowned economist Addison Wiggin (a man who’s worked s...Banyan Hill Publishing | Sponsored$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. 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