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Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) Competitors

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C$115.79 +0.60 (+0.52%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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

Agnico Eagle Mines vs.

Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) 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 risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Barrick Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$31.14, suggesting a potential upside of 24.40%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of C$116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.18%. Given Barrick Gold's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barrick Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

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
Barrick GoldC$11.83B3.70C$1.51BC$1.1921.03
Agnico Eagle MinesC$7.31B7.94C$619.95MC$1.6072.37

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 10 more articles in the media than Barrick Gold. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 5 mentions for Barrick Gold. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.09 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Barrick Gold received 123 more outperform votes than Agnico Eagle Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.34% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Barrick GoldOutperform Votes
622
63.34%
Underperform Votes
360
36.66%
Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes
499
60.41%
Underperform Votes
327
39.59%

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

Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Barrick Gold pays out 45.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

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
Barrick Gold12.78% 7.20% 4.00%
Agnico Eagle Mines 8.49%3.10%3.80%

Summary

Barrick Gold beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AEM vs. The Competition

MetricAgnico Eagle MinesGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$58.01BC$1.51BC$2.81BC$6.25B
Dividend Yield1.91%5.79%5.28%5.27%
P/E Ratio72.37171.65119.6426.85
Price / Sales7.942,680.81590,653.481,531.29
Price / Cash36.3921.1223.2083.81
Price / Book2.894.423.373.15
Net IncomeC$619.95M-C$2.20MC$149.36MC$299.38M
7 Day Performance6.00%1.24%0.65%0.76%
1 Month Performance-3.41%26.81%1.42%12.82%
1 Year Performance70.61%79.05%27.38%44.03%

Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
1.6393 of 5 stars
C$115.79
+0.5%
C$116.00
+0.2%
+73.6%C$58.01BC$7.31B72.3711,800
ABX
Barrick Gold
2.5018 of 5 stars
C$25.03
+1.1%
C$31.14
+24.4%
+15.4%C$43.80BC$11.83B21.0321,300
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.2334 of 5 stars
C$88.06
+0.8%
C$97.67
+10.9%
N/AC$39.95BC$1.13B50.9040Dividend Cut
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Analyst Revision
FNV
Franco-Nevada
1.8656 of 5 stars
C$169.82
+0.2%
C$189.80
+11.8%
+5.0%C$32.68BC$1.12B-40.5340Analyst Forecast
IAG
iA Financial
2.3769 of 5 stars
C$133.32
+0.2%
C$129.75
-2.7%
+50.8%C$12.68BC$8.42B17.855,360High Trading Volume
PAAS
Pan American Silver
2.3097 of 5 stars
C$31.36
-1.2%
C$44.25
+41.1%
+60.2%C$11.38BC$2.57B-56.0013,000Dividend Announcement
Ex-Dividend
AGI
Alamos Gold
1.2068 of 5 stars
C$26.18
-0.3%
C$25.80
-1.5%
+48.2%C$10.99BC$1.12B38.502,400
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.3438 of 5 stars
C$27.73
+0.7%
C$29.63
+6.8%
+54.1%C$5.16BC$252.83M-55.1030
IMG
IAMGOLD
2.3361 of 5 stars
C$7.79
+0.9%
C$7.29
-6.4%
+145.7%C$4.44BC$1.25B24.345,360
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$7.66
-0.3%
N/A+17.1%C$3.47BC$1.09B9.467,730

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This page (TSE:AEM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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