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Gold Fields (GFI) Competitors

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$24.18 +0.20 (+0.83%)
As of 07/18/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

GFI vs. AEM, WPM, B, FNV, AU, KGC, AGI, PAAS, HMY, and OR

Should you be buying Gold Fields stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gold Fields include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Mining (B), Franco-Nevada (FNV), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), and OR Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Gold Fields vs. Its Competitors

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and profitability.

24.8% of Gold Fields shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 29 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 6 mentions for Gold Fields. Gold Fields' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.29 indicating that Gold Fields is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gold Fields
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Agnico Eagle Mines
26 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Gold Fields pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% 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. Gold Fields is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Gold Fields has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Gold Fields. Gold Fields 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 Ratio
Gold Fields$5.20B4.16$1.25B$2.3510.29
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.92B6.63$1.90B$4.7025.05

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 26.48% compared to Gold Fields' net margin of 0.00%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 12.09% beat Gold Fields' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gold FieldsN/A N/A N/A
Agnico Eagle Mines 26.48%12.09%8.38%

Gold Fields currently has a consensus target price of $19.70, suggesting a potential downside of 18.53%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $136.90, suggesting a potential upside of 16.29%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Gold Fields.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gold Fields
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.21

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Gold Fields on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GFI vs. The Competition

MetricGold FieldsMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.46B$7.59B$3.25B$20.85B
Dividend Yield2.58%1.51%5.16%3.65%
P/E Ratio10.2944.24106.1727.56
Price / Sales4.1615.7130,017,513,221,228,500.0059.11
Price / Cash11.8220.7923.8622.29
Price / Book4.033.596.004.66
Net Income$1.25B$318.68M$147.94M$994.58M
7 Day Performance0.17%0.44%0.39%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-0.70%4.61%5.33%4.90%
1 Year Performance45.49%47.97%26.70%11.14%

Gold Fields Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFI
Gold Fields
3.9123 of 5 stars
$24.18
+0.8%
$19.70
-18.5%
+45.6%$21.46B$5.20B10.296,560Positive News
Gap Up
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.6707 of 5 stars
$119.61
-0.2%
$133.78
+11.8%
+57.1%$60.14B$8.29B25.4516,968Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.9759 of 5 stars
$91.44
+0.5%
$93.00
+1.7%
+44.9%$41.51B$1.28B67.2340Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
B
Barrick Mining
3.8308 of 5 stars
$21.25
+0.1%
$24.05
+13.2%
+11.8%$36.42B$13.31B15.9726,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FNV
Franco-Nevada
4.4662 of 5 stars
$158.51
-0.7%
$172.13
+8.6%
+22.4%$30.54B$1.23B49.5340Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.1515 of 5 stars
$48.03
+1.9%
$43.42
-9.6%
+66.2%$20.16B$5.79B15.8012,634News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.8361 of 5 stars
$15.58
+0.2%
$17.00
+9.1%
+71.6%$19.11B$5.56B15.896,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.364 of 5 stars
$26.56
-0.2%
$30.38
+14.4%
+45.2%$11.16B$1.40B42.832,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.899 of 5 stars
$29.76
-1.9%
$30.60
+2.8%
+22.5%$10.77B$2.82B34.219,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.7173 of 5 stars
$14.40
-1.5%
$8.40
-41.6%
+37.7%$9.14B$67.11B8.5243,667Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
OR
OR Royalties
2.316 of 5 stars
$27.41
-1.6%
$24.33
-11.2%
+51.2%$5.16B$191.16M161.2530Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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