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Gold Fields (GFI) Competitors

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$22.20 -1.19 (-5.09%)
As of 04/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

GFI vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, AU, KGC, AGI, HMY, PAAS, BTG, and IAG

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), Franco-Nevada (FNV), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Pan American Silver (PAAS), B2Gold (BTG), and IAMGOLD (IAG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Gold Fields vs.

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 risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

Agnico Eagle Mines received 463 more outperform votes than Gold Fields when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.24% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave Gold Fields an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gold FieldsOutperform Votes
198
53.80%
Underperform Votes
170
46.20%
Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes
661
58.24%
Underperform Votes
474
41.76%

Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Gold Fields pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 42.3% 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 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 22.88% compared to Gold Fields' net margin of 0.00%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 10.45% 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 22.88%10.45%7.18%

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$5.20B3.82$703.30M$2.359.45
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B7.19$1.90B$3.7831.29

Gold Fields presently has a consensus target price of $18.56, suggesting a potential downside of 16.40%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $124.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.16%. 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 19 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 13 mentions for Gold Fields. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Gold Fields' score of 0.83 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gold Fields
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Agnico Eagle Mines
16 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Gold Fields on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GFI vs. The Competition

MetricGold FieldsGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.87B$4.79B$2.99B$18.68B
Dividend Yield2.50%1.83%5.21%4.16%
P/E Ratio9.4525.5474.3731.63
Price / Sales3.8210.0622,957,190,387,237,800.0027.51
Price / Cash10.5121.1124.3317.53
Price / Book4.293.255.204.36
Net Income$703.30M$36.57M$154.82M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-10.16%-3.10%0.46%2.44%
1 Month Performance2.97%4.29%2.22%-6.11%
1 Year Performance31.48%38.73%15.98%1.70%

Gold Fields Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFI
Gold Fields
3.6758 of 5 stars
$22.20
-5.1%
$18.56
-16.4%
+31.5%$19.87B$5.20B9.452,610Gap Down
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.1935 of 5 stars
$123.59
+1.7%
$124.40
+0.7%
+88.0%$62.20B$8.29B32.7011,800Analyst Revision
Gap Down
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.011 of 5 stars
$85.20
+1.4%
$83.40
-2.1%
+55.4%$38.65B$1.28B63.5840Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Up
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.0636 of 5 stars
$173.43
+1.4%
$162.25
-6.4%
+42.5%$33.39B$1.11B-54.8840Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Down
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.1246 of 5 stars
$44.21
+2.2%
$36.80
-16.8%
+83.4%$18.56B$5.79B13.8212,227Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.1291 of 5 stars
$14.96
+1.1%
$13.30
-11.1%
+118.6%$18.41B$5.15B19.4337,369Analyst Revision
AGI
Alamos Gold
2.6377 of 5 stars
$29.76
+0.6%
$30.38
+2.1%
+83.9%$12.51B$1.35B43.133,310Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.4969 of 5 stars
$17.74
+1.1%
$8.40
-52.6%
+82.6%$11.26B$67.11B10.5047,400Positive News
Gap Down
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.5864 of 5 stars
$26.97
-0.8%
$28.50
+5.7%
+37.8%$9.77B$2.82B84.2813,000Positive News
Gap Up
BTG
B2Gold
3.8452 of 5 stars
$3.40
+2.4%
$4.21
+23.9%
N/A$4.49B$1.90B-7.084,690Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IAG
IAMGOLD
3.8656 of 5 stars
$7.79
-0.5%
$7.57
-2.9%
+95.4%$4.48B$1.63B5.375,360Analyst Revision
Gap Down

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