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NEM vs. RGLD, AEM, WPM, GOLD, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, AGI, and HMY

Should you be buying Newmont stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newmont include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), and Harmony Gold Mining (HMY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Newmont vs.

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

Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Royal Gold pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmont pays out 34.1% 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. Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Royal Gold has a net margin of 46.15% compared to Newmont's net margin of 17.92%. Newmont's return on equity of 13.52% beat Royal Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Gold46.15% 11.46% 10.44%
Newmont 17.92%13.52%7.16%

Royal Gold currently has a consensus target price of $170.75, suggesting a potential downside of 4.92%. Newmont has a consensus target price of $54.55, suggesting a potential downside of 0.44%. Given Newmont's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Newmont is more favorable than Royal Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Gold
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Newmont
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Newmont received 166 more outperform votes than Royal Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.10% of users gave Royal Gold an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Royal GoldOutperform Votes
762
70.10%
Underperform Votes
325
29.90%
NewmontOutperform Votes
928
63.22%
Underperform Votes
540
36.78%

Royal Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Gold$719.40M16.43$332.02M$5.0435.63
Newmont$18.68B3.31-$2.49B$2.9318.70

In the previous week, Newmont had 24 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Newmont and 21 mentions for Royal Gold. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Royal Gold's score of 0.93 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Gold
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Newmont
33 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Royal Gold and Newmont tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NEM vs. The Competition

MetricNewmontGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$61.77B$4.87B$2.93B$18.30B
Dividend Yield1.96%2.01%5.24%4.24%
P/E Ratio18.7024.8274.7730.73
Price / Sales3.3110.2724,272,056,611,891,200.0025.98
Price / Cash15.9821.1124.3217.54
Price / Book2.163.165.154.25
Net Income-$2.49B$36.57M$155.11M$1.02B
7 Day Performance22.23%15.42%6.10%3.00%
1 Month Performance18.42%6.34%0.97%-7.85%
1 Year Performance41.81%34.68%12.63%-1.30%

Newmont Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEM
Newmont
4.4311 of 5 stars
$54.80
+7.6%
$54.55
-0.4%
+41.8%$61.77B$18.68B18.7032,400Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RGLD
Royal Gold
3.7674 of 5 stars
$155.96
+0.2%
$170.75
+9.5%
+49.6%$10.24B$719.40M30.8930Gap Up
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.0695 of 5 stars
$100.53
+1.1%
$108.00
+7.4%
+91.6%$50.58B$8.29B26.6015,875Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.9657 of 5 stars
$70.94
+0.1%
$74.50
+5.0%
+58.4%$32.16B$1.28B52.9040Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Up
GOLD
Barrick Gold
3.5687 of 5 stars
$17.74
+0.4%
$23.79
+34.2%
+15.3%$30.57B$12.92B14.4024,600Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
FNV
Franco-Nevada
2.9587 of 5 stars
$145.63
+0.4%
$157.88
+8.4%
+40.7%$28.04B$1.11B-46.0840Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Up
GFI
Gold Fields
3.4627 of 5 stars
$20.43
+2.5%
$17.20
-15.8%
+34.9%$18.29B$5.20B8.692,610Options Volume
Gap Up
KGC
Kinross Gold
3.572 of 5 stars
$12.00
+1.8%
$12.30
+2.5%
+124.7%$14.73B$5.15B15.5537,369Gap Up
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.4073 of 5 stars
$33.44
-0.3%
$35.25
+5.4%
+79.6%$14.03B$5.79B10.4512,227Positive News
Gap Up
AGI
Alamos Gold
2.4941 of 5 stars
$24.72
+0.8%
$26.81
+8.5%
+91.9%$10.40B$1.35B35.871,867Gap Up
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.1133 of 5 stars
$12.96
-0.3%
$8.40
-35.2%
+88.4%$8.22B$67.11B7.6643,667Ex-Dividend
Positive News
Gap Up
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