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Barrick Gold (ABX) Competitors

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C$24.86 +0.63 (+2.60%)
(As of 11:53 AM ET)

ABX vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, IAG, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, and EQX

Should you be buying Barrick Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barrick Gold include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), and Equinox Gold (EQX). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Barrick Gold vs.

Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) and Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Barrick Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Agnico Eagle Mines. Barrick 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle MinesC$7.31B8.26C$619.95MC$1.6075.33
Barrick GoldC$11.83B3.67C$1.51BC$1.1920.83

In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 7 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Barrick Gold and 3 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Barrick Gold's score of -0.01 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Barrick Gold
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus price target of C$116.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.76%. Barrick Gold has a consensus price target of C$31.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.05%. Given Barrick Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Barrick Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Barrick Gold received 123 more outperform votes than Agnico Eagle Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.21% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes
499
60.41%
Underperform Votes
327
39.59%
Barrick GoldOutperform Votes
622
63.21%
Underperform Votes
362
36.79%

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 135.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barrick Gold pays out 45.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Barrick Gold has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 8.49%. Barrick Gold's return on equity of 7.20% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines8.49% 3.10% 3.80%
Barrick Gold 12.78%7.20%4.00%

70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Barrick Gold beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ABX vs. The Competition

MetricBarrick GoldGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$43.38BC$1.44BC$2.80BC$5.29B
Dividend Yield1.95%5.79%5.22%5.69%
P/E Ratio20.83162.80106.0527.95
Price / Sales3.672,579.63583,388.221,473.72
Price / Cash7.2320.9423.4181.81
Price / Book1.844.653.503.68
Net IncomeC$1.51B-C$2.56MC$146.42MC$277.40M
7 Day Performance0.41%-0.48%1.22%2.06%
1 Month Performance-6.80%-5.73%-2.36%4.37%
1 Year Performance3.55%64.12%23.87%40.12%

Barrick Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABX
Barrick Gold
3.6698 of 5 stars
C$24.86
+2.6%
C$31.00
+24.7%
+1.2%C$43.51BC$11.83B20.8921,300Analyst Forecast
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
1.6189 of 5 stars
C$116.38
-1.4%
C$116.00
-0.3%
+58.6%C$58.31BC$7.31B73.7911,800Positive News
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
2.3917 of 5 stars
C$86.23
-1.0%
C$97.67
+13.3%
N/AC$39.12BC$1.13B50.3640
FNV
Franco-Nevada
2.2975 of 5 stars
C$170.83
-0.4%
C$189.80
+11.1%
+11.7%C$32.87BC$1.12B-40.9140Analyst Forecast
IAG
iA Financial
2.4358 of 5 stars
C$133.79
0.0%
C$129.75
-3.0%
+46.5%C$12.73BC$8.42B17.925,360
AGI
Alamos Gold
1.5853 of 5 stars
C$26.11
-1.9%
C$26.00
-0.4%
+29.6%C$10.96BC$1.12B38.322,400Analyst Forecast
PAAS
Pan American Silver
1.766 of 5 stars
C$29.83
-4.0%
C$44.25
+48.3%
+37.2%C$10.83BC$2.57B-55.4613,000
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
1.4838 of 5 stars
C$26.91
-1.0%
C$29.63
+10.1%
+34.7%C$5.01BC$252.83M-54.1030Analyst Forecast
IMG
IAMGOLD
1.6035 of 5 stars
C$7.64
-1.0%
C$7.29
-4.6%
+114.0%C$4.36BC$1.25B24.135,360News Coverage
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$7.73
-2.9%
N/A+2.9%C$3.51BC$1.09B9.837,730

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This page (TSE:ABX) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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