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Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) Competitors

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C$112.41 +1.07 (+0.96%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM 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.

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

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$7.31B7.70C$619.95MC$1.6070.26
Barrick GoldC$11.83B3.29C$1.51BC$1.1918.67

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%

Barrick Gold received 124 more outperform votes than Agnico Eagle Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.25% 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
623
63.25%
Underperform Votes
362
36.75%

In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 4 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Barrick Gold and 2 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.17 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Barrick Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus target price of C$116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.19%. Barrick Gold has a consensus target price of C$30.17, suggesting a potential upside of 35.76%. Given Barrick Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

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

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

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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.

Summary

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

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AEM vs. The Competition

MetricAgnico Eagle MinesGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$56.32BC$1.44BC$2.81BC$6.05B
Dividend Yield1.91%5.89%5.22%5.43%
P/E Ratio70.26162.10111.9826.16
Price / Sales7.703,137.24782,614.331,327.99
Price / Cash36.3921.6024.1482.04
Price / Book2.814.483.393.07
Net IncomeC$619.95MC$2.03MC$152.93MC$294.08M
7 Day Performance-5.71%-2.33%-2.91%-2.47%
1 Month Performance-3.73%-3.55%1.38%-0.78%
1 Year Performance54.88%62.79%17.74%34.57%

Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
1.2498 of 5 stars
C$112.41
+1.0%
C$116.00
+3.2%
+55.5%C$56.32BC$7.31B70.2611,800High Trading Volume
ABX
Barrick Gold
3.5293 of 5 stars
C$23.50
-1.7%
C$31.00
+31.9%
-6.4%C$41.13BC$11.83B20.0821,300Analyst Forecast
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.1214 of 5 stars
C$86.13
-0.1%
C$97.67
+13.4%
N/AC$39.07BC$1.13B49.8440Positive News
FNV
Franco-Nevada
1.2185 of 5 stars
C$171.01
+0.5%
C$190.80
+11.6%
+14.8%C$32.91BC$1.12B-40.5940Analyst Revision
News Coverage
IAG
iA Financial
1.8298 of 5 stars
C$133.52
0.0%
C$129.75
-2.8%
+45.9%C$12.70BC$8.42B17.885,360News Coverage
PAAS
Pan American Silver
1.5544 of 5 stars
C$31.75
+0.4%
C$44.25
+39.4%
+39.1%C$11.53BC$2.57B-56.4513,000
AGI
Alamos Gold
1.6264 of 5 stars
C$27.14
-0.3%
C$26.50
-2.4%
+43.6%C$11.39BC$1.12B40.042,400News Coverage
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AC$7.89
+0.1%
N/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.725 of 5 stars
C$27.18
+0.2%
C$30.25
+11.3%
+35.8%C$5.06BC$252.83M-54.2430
IMG
IAMGOLD
2.7101 of 5 stars
C$7.60
flat
C$7.29
-4.1%
+113.8%C$4.33BC$1.25B23.755,360Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$7.83
-0.6%
N/A+13.3%C$3.55BC$1.09B9.737,730

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This page (TSE:AEM) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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