NEM vs. RGLD, AEM, GOLD, WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, AGI, and PAAS
Should you be buying Newmont stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newmont include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), and Pan American Silver (PAAS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Newmont vs.
Newmont (NYSE:NEM) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Newmont had 18 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Newmont and 12 mentions for Royal Gold. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Royal Gold's score of 0.49 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Royal Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newmont. Newmont is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Newmont has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Newmont pays out -65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold pays out 41.3% 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. Royal Gold has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
68.9% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Newmont currently has a consensus target price of $53.80, suggesting a potential upside of 28.95%. Royal Gold has a consensus target price of $168.86, suggesting a potential upside of 21.88%. Given Newmont's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Newmont is more favorable than Royal Gold.
Royal Gold has a net margin of 42.93% compared to Newmont's net margin of -7.03%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 10.18% beat Newmont's return on equity.
Newmont received 165 more outperform votes than Royal Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.05% of users gave Royal Gold an outperform vote while only 63.36% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote.
Summary
Royal Gold beats Newmont on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NEM) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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