Newmont (NGT) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, NGT or AEM?

Newmont has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NGT or AEM?

73.1% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NGT or AEM?

Agnico Eagle Mines received 463 more outperform votes than Newmont when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 60.53% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newmont	Outperform Votes 40 61.54%	Underperform Votes 25 38.46%
Agnico Eagle Mines	Outperform Votes 503 60.53%	Underperform Votes 328 39.47%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NGT or AEM?

Agnico Eagle Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newmont. Newmont 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Newmont	C$11.78B	5.14	-C$841.22M	-C$1.51	-50.33
Agnico Eagle Mines	C$5.52B	10.79	C$709.54M	C$2.85	59.16

Do analysts rate NGT or AEM?

Newmont presently has a consensus price target of C$62.50, suggesting a potential downside of 17.96%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of C$130.50, suggesting a potential downside of 22.50%. Given Newmont's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Newmont is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Newmont	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Agnico Eagle Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Is NGT or AEM more profitable?

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Newmont's net margin of -7.14%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 5.05% beat Newmont's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newmont	-7.14%	-4.15%	2.79%
Agnico Eagle Mines	12.86%	5.05%	3.80%

Does the media prefer NGT or AEM?

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 1 more articles in the media than Newmont. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 3 mentions for Newmont. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.12 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is NGT or AEM a better dividend stock?

Newmont pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Newmont pays out -89.2% 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. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Newmont on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.