GFI vs. AU, KGC, PAAS, AGI, HMY, FNV, WPM, GOLD, AEM, and NEM
Should you be buying Gold Fields stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gold Fields include AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), and Newmont (NEM). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.
26.0% of Gold Fields shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gold Fields has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gold Fields had 6 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Gold Fields and 2 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. Gold Fields' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.21 indicating that Gold Fields is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AngloGold Ashanti received 258 more outperform votes than Gold Fields when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.42% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote while only 54.30% of users gave Gold Fields an outperform vote.
Gold Fields presently has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential downside of 16.26%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus price target of $24.25, suggesting a potential downside of 4.57%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Gold Fields.
Gold Fields has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AngloGold Ashanti.
Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%.
Summary
Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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