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Gold Fields (GFI) Competitors

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$18.67 -0.53 (-2.76%)
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GFI vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, KGC, AU, AGI, PAAS, HMY, OR, 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), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and IAMGOLD (IAG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Gold Fields vs.

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

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
Agnico Eagle Mines22.88% 10.45% 7.18%
Gold Fields N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 24 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 9 mentions for Gold Fields. Gold Fields' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.58 indicating that Gold Fields is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Gold Fields.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B5.86$1.90B$3.7825.55
Gold Fields$4.50B3.75$703.30MN/AN/A

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Agnico Eagle Mines received 459 more outperform votes than Gold Fields when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.98% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 53.50% of users gave Gold Fields an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes
650
57.98%
Underperform Votes
471
42.02%
Gold FieldsOutperform Votes
191
53.50%
Underperform Votes
166
46.50%

Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of $94.63, indicating a potential downside of 2.04%. Gold Fields has a consensus price target of $16.45, indicating a potential downside of 12.78%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Gold Fields.

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)
2.86
Gold Fields
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Fields has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Gold Fields on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GFI vs. The Competition

MetricGold FieldsGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.88B$4.02B$3.12B$20.06B
Dividend Yield1.44%1.86%5.15%3.65%
P/E RatioN/A20.07103.8134.91
Price / Sales3.7510.1825,844,173,692,512,200.0015.74
Price / Cash10.3221.9724.3620.85
Price / Book3.652.824.934.93
Net Income$703.30M$18.92M$152.30M$1.02B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.94%-0.32%-0.92%
1 Month Performance19.14%5.94%2.56%-1.26%
1 Year Performance39.45%55.92%33.37%14.15%

Gold Fields Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFI
Gold Fields
2.8183 of 5 stars
$18.67
-2.8%
$16.45
-11.9%
+40.8%$16.71B$4.50B0.006,297Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Down
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.366 of 5 stars
$95.75
-5.0%
$92.75
-3.1%
+101.6%$48.09B$6.63B47.8715,875Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.5927 of 5 stars
$67.58
-2.4%
$71.67
+6.0%
+58.1%$30.66B$1.02B50.4440Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FNV
Franco-Nevada
2.9402 of 5 stars
$138.37
-3.9%
$146.71
+6.0%
+31.1%$26.64B$1.22B-43.7940Positive News
KGC
Kinross Gold
3.8287 of 5 stars
$11.27
-1.3%
$11.63
+3.2%
+127.5%$13.85B$4.24B18.476,600Analyst Revision
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
1.8878 of 5 stars
$32.15
-3.3%
$31.75
-1.3%
+80.3%$13.50B$4.58B0.0012,227Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.8395 of 5 stars
$22.28
-3.4%
$26.06
+17.0%
+97.9%$9.37B$1.02B37.141,867Earnings Report
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.3776 of 5 stars
$24.43
-2.6%
$25.92
+6.1%
+96.7%$8.87B$2.32B-143.679,900Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Gap Up
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
2.3528 of 5 stars
$11.43
-4.3%
$8.40
-26.5%
+108.8%$7.25B$3.31B0.0043,667Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
3.0232 of 5 stars
$19.68
-3.7%
$23.00
+16.9%
+34.9%$3.67B$183.20M-93.7030Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
IAG
IAMGOLD
3.4779 of 5 stars
$6.34
-3.0%
$6.57
+3.5%
+145.7%$3.62B$987.10M4.964,341Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Down

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