TNX vs. AEM, ABX, WPM, FNV, K, PAAS, AGI, YRI, WFT, and BTO
Should you be buying TRX Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TRX Gold include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (K), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Yamana Gold (YRI), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), and B2Gold (BTO). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
TRX Gold (TSE:TNX) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 434 more outperform votes than TRX Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.03% of users gave TRX Gold an outperform vote while only 60.51% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.
1.1% of TRX Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of TRX Gold 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 13 more articles in the media than TRX Gold. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 0 mentions for TRX Gold. TRX Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of -0.12 indicating that TRX Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than TRX Gold.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of C$97.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.90%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than TRX Gold.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 6.79% compared to TRX Gold's net margin of -5.86%. TRX Gold's return on equity of 3.11% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
TRX Gold has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats TRX Gold on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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