AngloGold Ashanti (AU) Competitors $27.28 +0.31 (+1.15%) As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends AU vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AGI, PAAS, HMY, OR, and BTGShould 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), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and B2Gold (BTG). 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 Osisko Gold Royalties B2Gold Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts rate AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of $89.13, suggesting a potential upside of 4.71%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus price target of $31.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.39%. 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) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.86AngloGold Ashanti 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 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 1.9%. AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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. Is AEM or AU more profitable? 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 Does the media favor AEM or AU? In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 15 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 4 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.47 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 7 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive AngloGold Ashanti 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more volatility & risk, AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines received 197 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.83% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 57.49% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAgnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes64657.83% Underperform Votes47142.17% AngloGold AshantiOutperform Votes44957.49% Underperform Votes33242.51% Which has better valuation and earnings, AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than AngloGold Ashanti. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAgnico Eagle Mines$6.63B6.45$1.94B$2.0042.56AngloGold Ashanti$4.58B2.50-$235MN/AN/A SummaryAgnico Eagle Mines beats AngloGold Ashanti on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. 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$10.90B$3.60B$2.87B$19.31BDividend Yield1.69%2.07%5.10%3.72%P/E RatioN/A11.59109.6841.34Price / Sales2.509.73880,250.9717.06Price / CashN/A20.7024.2919.84Price / Book3.062.623.765.76Net Income-$235M$1.18M$153.23M$993.25M7 Day Performance4.80%0.42%1.55%3.26%1 Month Performance17.84%7.75%3.88%5.22%1 Year Performance67.66%42.12%26.67%19.42% AngloGold Ashanti Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AUAngloGold Ashanti2.2714 of 5 stars$27.28+1.1%$31.75+16.4%+68.1%$10.90B$4.58B0.0012,227Short Interest ↑AEMAgnico Eagle Mines4.3212 of 5 stars$82.38-2.3%$89.13+8.2%+73.8%$41.35B$7.82B41.1915,875Short Interest ↓Analyst RevisionNews CoverageWPMWheaton Precious Metals4.4404 of 5 stars$55.92-2.2%$71.67+28.2%+25.4%$25.37B$1.22B41.7340News CoveragePositive NewsFNVFranco-Nevada3.8674 of 5 stars$124.38-2.1%$145.33+16.8%+17.2%$23.94B$1.10B-39.3640Short Interest ↑GFIGold Fields3.4794 of 5 stars$14.66-0.5%$16.03+9.3%+22.4%$13.12B$4.36B0.006,297Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓KGCKinross Gold4.27 of 5 stars$10.10-3.3%$11.13+10.1%+89.8%$12.41B$4.85B16.5637,369Short Interest ↑News CoverageAGIAlamos Gold4.8402 of 5 stars$19.15-1.8%$25.06+30.9%+59.1%$8.05B$1.23B31.921,867Analyst RevisionNews CoveragePAASPan American Silver3.5769 of 5 stars$20.57-3.6%$25.42+23.6%+56.7%$7.47B$2.67B-120.999,900Short Interest ↓News CoverageGap DownHMYHarmony Gold Mining2.3195 of 5 stars$9.01-1.1%$8.40-6.8%+75.9%$5.72B$61.38B5.8943,667Positive NewsOROsisko Gold Royalties3.2506 of 5 stars$18.38-1.6%$21.00+14.3%+31.7%$3.43B$248.02M-87.5230Short Interest ↓BTGB2Gold4.2721 of 5 stars$2.51-3.1%$4.12+64.0%N/A$3.30B$1.91B-4.484,690Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionNews Coverage 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 Osisko Gold Royalties Competitors B2Gold Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:AU) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDo this Before Elon’s Reveal on January 22ndElon’s newest tech could pay you an extra $30,000 a year — while you sleep. It’s smaller than a quarter but...Brownstone Research | SponsoredCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... But I just discovered a secret backdoor to collect a secret 69...Investors Alley | SponsoredGrab This Altcoin Before Trump's Crypto AnnouncementGrab This Altcoin Before Trump's Crypto Announcement Whatever it is, I expect it to pump the market, which ...Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredElon's "Final Move" Could Send This Stock SoaringWhenever Elon Musk starts a new venture... Early investors get the opportunity to become millionaires... ...Behind the Markets | SponsoredThe Biggest Money-Making Idea in My 43 Years in the Stock MarketBillionaires and top investors - including the late great Charlie Munger - and many more names you would recog...The Oxford Club | SponsoredI was wrong. Dead wrong. I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. Because here we...Porter & Company | Sponsoredliberals FOOLED by Elon’s shocking surpriseElon Musk and Donald Trump fooled everyone. They said it was to “save free speech”... Or “fix what the l...StocksToTrade | Sponsored$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. The reason why is a new, secretive move being c...Stansberry Research | Sponsored Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat All Access to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding AngloGold Ashanti plc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Share AngloGold Ashanti With A Colleague Link copied to clipboard. Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools. Start Your 30-Day Trial MarketBeat All Access Features Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring Get personalized stock ideas. Compare portfolio to indices. Check stock news, ratings, SEC filings, and more. Stock Ideas and Recommendations See daily stock ideas from top analysts. Receive short-term trading ideas from MarketBeat. Identify trending stocks on social media. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Use our seven stock screeners to find suitable stocks. Stay informed with MarketBeat's real-time news. Export data to Excel for personal analysis. Sign in to your free account to enjoy these benefits In-depth profiles and analysis for 20,000 public companies. Real-time analyst ratings, insider transactions, earnings data, and more. Our daily ratings and market update email newsletter. Sign in to your free account to enjoy all that MarketBeat has to offer. Sign In Create Account Your Email Address: Email Address Required Your Password: Password Required Log In or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google Forgot your password? Your Email Address: Please enter your email address. Please enter a valid email address Choose a Password: Please enter your password. Your password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 number, 1 letter, and 1 special character. Create My Account (Free) or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google By creating a free account, you agree to our terms of service. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
