KGC vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, AU, AGI, PAAS, HMY, BTG, and OR
Should you be buying Kinross Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinross Gold include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), B2Gold (BTG), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Kinross Gold vs.
Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 56 more outperform votes than Kinross Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.03% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.
Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Kinross Gold pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 42.3% 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.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Kinross Gold. Kinross Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kinross Gold presently has a consensus price target of $11.63, suggesting a potential downside of 4.75%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $95.78, suggesting a potential downside of 8.06%. Given Kinross Gold's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Kinross Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 22.88% compared to Kinross Gold's net margin of 18.43%. Kinross Gold's return on equity of 12.65% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 13 more articles in the media than Kinross Gold. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 33 mentions for Kinross Gold. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.78 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Kinross Gold on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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