HMY vs. FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, AGI, PAAS, BTG, OR, IAG, and AG
Should you be buying Harmony Gold Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harmony Gold Mining include Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), B2Gold (BTG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IAG), and First Majestic Silver (AG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Harmony Gold Mining vs.
Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) and Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Harmony Gold Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -55.28%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.55% beat Harmony Gold Mining's return on equity.
Harmony Gold Mining has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 19 more articles in the media than Harmony Gold Mining. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 2 mentions for Harmony Gold Mining. Harmony Gold Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 1.16 indicating that Harmony Gold Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Harmony Gold Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Franco-Nevada. Harmony Gold Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franco-Nevada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franco-Nevada received 108 more outperform votes than Harmony Gold Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.24% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote while only 46.12% of users gave Harmony Gold Mining an outperform vote.
31.8% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Harmony Gold Mining presently has a consensus target price of $8.40, suggesting a potential downside of 33.57%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus target price of $153.63, suggesting a potential downside of 1.37%. Given Franco-Nevada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Harmony Gold Mining.
Harmony Gold Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Harmony Gold Mining pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada pays out 53.1% 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. Harmony Gold Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Franco-Nevada beats Harmony Gold Mining on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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