AEM vs. WPM, ABX, FNV, IAG, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, and AG
Should you be buying Agnico Eagle Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agnico Eagle Mines include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), and First Majestic Silver (AG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Agnico Eagle Mines vs. Its Competitors
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus target price of C$109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.59%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of C$152.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.20%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.
In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 4 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 0 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of -0.05 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. Agnico Eagle Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 12.86%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
Summary
Wheaton Precious Metals beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:AEM) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff