FNV vs. NEM, AEM, GOLD, WPM, GFI, AU, KGC, PAAS, AGI, and HMY
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Newmont (NEM), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), and Harmony Gold Mining (HMY). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) and Newmont (NYSE:NEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franco-Nevada has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newmont. Franco-Nevada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newmont, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Newmont had 10 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Newmont and 10 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Newmont's score of 0.49 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Franco-Nevada pays out -57.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmont pays out -37.5% 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.
Newmont received 512 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.28% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 55.15% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
Newmont has a net margin of -20.19% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -39.88%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.81% beat Newmont's return on equity.
Franco-Nevada presently has a consensus target price of $148.70, suggesting a potential upside of 19.66%. Newmont has a consensus target price of $48.36, suggesting a potential upside of 15.44%. Given Franco-Nevada's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Newmont.
Summary
Franco-Nevada beats Newmont on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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