GOLD vs. NEM, AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, AGI, PAAS, and HMY
Should you be buying Barrick Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barrick Gold include Newmont (NEM), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), and Harmony Gold Mining (HMY). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Barrick Gold vs.
Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) and Newmont (NYSE:NEM) 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 earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 15 more articles in the media than Newmont. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Barrick Gold and 34 mentions for Newmont. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.28 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Newmont received 133 more outperform votes than Barrick Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.31% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 56.86% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote.
62.9% of Barrick Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Barrick Gold currently has a consensus price target of $24.45, suggesting a potential upside of 53.08%. Newmont has a consensus price target of $53.44, suggesting a potential upside of 26.03%. Given Barrick Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Newmont.
Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Barrick Gold has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Newmont's net margin of -7.03%. Newmont's return on equity of 9.80% beat Barrick Gold's return on equity.
Barrick Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newmont. Newmont is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrick Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Barrick Gold pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmont pays out -65.8% 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.
Summary
Newmont beats Barrick Gold on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GOLD) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
