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Barrick Gold (GOLD) Competitors

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$15.46 +0.23 (+1.51%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

GOLD vs. NEM, AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, PAAS, AGI, 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), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), and Harmony Gold Mining (HMY). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.

Barrick Gold vs.

Newmont (NYSE:NEM) and Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

68.8% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.8% of Barrick Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Newmont received 132 more outperform votes than Barrick Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.33% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NewmontOutperform Votes
924
63.33%
Underperform Votes
535
36.67%
Barrick GoldOutperform Votes
792
56.90%
Underperform Votes
600
43.10%

Newmont currently has a consensus price target of $54.31, suggesting a potential upside of 41.87%. Barrick Gold has a consensus price target of $24.82, suggesting a potential upside of 60.53%. Given Barrick Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Newmont.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Newmont
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59
Barrick Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Newmont has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Barrick Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Newmont$16.99B2.57-$2.49B-$1.52-25.18
Barrick Gold$12.34B2.18$1.27B$0.9316.62

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Newmont-7.03% 9.80% 5.18%
Barrick Gold 13.19%5.82%4.07%

Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Newmont pays out -65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Gold pays out 43.0% 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. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 16 more articles in the media than Newmont. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Barrick Gold and 10 mentions for Newmont. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.07 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Newmont
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Barrick Gold
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Newmont beats Barrick Gold on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GOLD vs. The Competition

MetricBarrick GoldGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$26.92B$3.38B$2.83B$19.18B
Dividend Yield2.45%2.03%5.15%3.60%
P/E Ratio16.6212.54111.7941.30
Price / Sales2.188.37792,415.3417.60
Price / Cash8.8221.9024.2721.28
Price / Book0.852.533.395.32
Net Income$1.27B$2.05M$154.11M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-7.87%-3.78%-2.90%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-14.68%-5.79%1.40%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-13.92%23.73%17.82%12.14%

Barrick Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GOLD
Barrick Gold
4.9512 of 5 stars
$15.46
+1.5%
$24.82
+60.5%
-12.9%$26.92B$12.34B16.6224,600Analyst Forecast
NEM
Newmont
4.8347 of 5 stars
$40.11
-0.3%
$54.31
+35.4%
-6.9%$45.66B$16.99B-26.3421,700
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.366 of 5 stars
$83.32
-0.5%
$86.78
+4.1%
+44.6%$41.82B$7.82B41.6015,875
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.9624 of 5 stars
$60.45
-0.2%
$71.67
+18.6%
+17.1%$27.42B$1.02B45.1942Positive News
FNV
Franco-Nevada
4.4393 of 5 stars
$120.11
+0.5%
$152.83
+27.2%
+6.9%$23.12B$1.10B-37.8040Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GFI
Gold Fields
4.3217 of 5 stars
$14.24
-1.0%
$16.03
+12.5%
-12.7%$12.75B$4.36B6.826,297News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.7018 of 5 stars
$9.75
-0.2%
$11.13
+14.1%
+53.9%$11.98B$4.85B16.026,600Positive News
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
4.1571 of 5 stars
$24.52
-1.7%
$31.75
+29.5%
+30.4%$10.29B$4.58B7.6412,227
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.5318 of 5 stars
$22.29
+0.4%
$25.42
+14.0%
+29.5%$8.09B$2.67B-130.769,900Positive News
AGI
Alamos Gold
4.8044 of 5 stars
$19.06
-0.3%
$25.06
+31.5%
+33.9%$8.01B$1.23B31.851,867Positive News
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.3378 of 5 stars
$8.87
-0.9%
$8.40
-5.3%
+36.6%$5.63B$61.38B6.4443,667News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GOLD) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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