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Barrick Gold (GOLD) Competitors

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$17.90 +0.18 (+1.02%)
(As of 11/20/2024 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.

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

Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Newmont received 134 more outperform votes than Barrick Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.35% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 56.97% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Barrick GoldOutperform Votes
789
56.97%
Underperform Votes
596
43.03%
NewmontOutperform Votes
923
63.35%
Underperform Votes
534
36.65%

In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 9 more articles in the media than Newmont. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Barrick Gold and 21 mentions for Newmont. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.72 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barrick Gold
14 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Newmont
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Barrick Gold currently has a consensus target price of $23.90, indicating a potential upside of 33.52%. Newmont has a consensus target price of $54.14, indicating a potential upside of 25.96%. Given Barrick Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Newmont.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barrick Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Newmont
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

62.8% 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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
Barrick Gold13.19% 5.82% 4.07%
Newmont -7.03%9.80%5.18%

Barrick Gold has higher revenue and 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
Barrick Gold$12.34B2.54$1.27B$0.9319.25
Newmont$11.81B4.14-$2.49B-$1.52-28.28

Summary

Newmont beats Barrick Gold on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GOLD vs. The Competition

MetricBarrick GoldGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.98B$3.73B$2.85B$19.87B
Dividend Yield2.33%2.01%5.20%3.53%
P/E Ratio19.2512.68117.0242.89
Price / Sales2.548.26587,803.7218.10
Price / Cash8.3317.2723.5017.86
Price / Book0.982.503.485.52
Net Income$1.27B$1.29M$151.21M$986.45M
7 Day Performance6.48%3.16%0.47%-0.22%
1 Month Performance-14.44%-13.21%-5.56%0.12%
1 Year Performance13.22%40.22%27.76%23.71%

Barrick Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GOLD
Barrick Gold
4.987 of 5 stars
$17.90
+1.0%
$23.90
+33.5%
+13.2%$30.98B$11.40B19.2524,600Options Volume
NEM
Newmont
4.9149 of 5 stars
$42.99
-0.5%
$54.85
+27.6%
+17.6%$49.16B$11.81B0.0021,700Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.1196 of 5 stars
$82.82
+0.4%
$86.78
+4.8%
+70.4%$41.40B$6.63B41.4115,875Positive News
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.503 of 5 stars
$62.97
+0.6%
$71.67
+13.8%
+37.2%$28.39B$1.02B46.9942Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.6458 of 5 stars
$121.49
+0.2%
$148.86
+22.5%
+3.1%$23.34B$1.22B0.0040Analyst Upgrade
GFI
Gold Fields
2.4412 of 5 stars
$14.94
-0.3%
$15.93
+6.6%
+14.2%$13.42B$4.50B0.006,297
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.2516 of 5 stars
$9.97
-0.3%
$10.00
+0.3%
+87.4%$12.25B$4.85B16.346,600Positive News
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.6531 of 5 stars
$24.54
-2.4%
$33.67
+37.2%
+44.3%$10.56B$4.58B0.0012,227High Trading Volume
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.1075 of 5 stars
$22.42
-1.5%
$25.42
+13.4%
+57.2%$8.26B$2.32B-131.879,900Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
AGI
Alamos Gold
4.7059 of 5 stars
$18.72
-0.4%
$25.06
+33.9%
+45.2%$7.86B$1.23B31.191,867
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
2.2436 of 5 stars
$9.51
-0.9%
$8.40
-11.6%
+72.5%$6.09B$3.31B0.0043,667Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NYSE:GOLD) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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