FNV vs. AEM, GFI, KGC, AU, PAAS, AGI, HMY, OR, BTG, and EGO
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTG), and Eldorado Gold (EGO). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Franco-Nevada vs.
Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Franco-Nevada presently has a consensus target price of $148.86, suggesting a potential upside of 22.53%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $86.78, suggesting a potential upside of 4.78%. Given Franco-Nevada's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada 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.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Franco-Nevada pays out -45.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 242 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.89% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 55.04% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -55.28%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.55% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 11 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 14 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 0.70 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Franco-Nevada on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FNV) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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