KGC vs. AU, PAAS, AGI, HMY, SBSW, EGO, OR, WPM, GOLD, and AEM
Should you be buying Kinross Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinross Gold include AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), and Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) and Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Kinross Gold received 144 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.79% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote.
AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Kinross Gold pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinross Gold has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kinross Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AngloGold Ashanti currently has a consensus target price of $24.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.36%. Kinross Gold has a consensus target price of $7.59, indicating a potential downside of 7.18%. Given Kinross Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Kinross Gold.
Kinross Gold has a net margin of 9.86% compared to Kinross Gold's net margin of 0.00%. AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity of 9.34% beat Kinross Gold's return on equity.
36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kinross Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AngloGold Ashanti.
In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 9 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Kinross Gold and 11 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.68 indicating that AngloGold Ashanti is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Kinross Gold beats AngloGold Ashanti on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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