FNV vs. NGT, AEM, ABX, WPM, K, TNX, PAAS, AGI, YRI, and WFT
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Newmont (NGT), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Kinross Gold (K), TRX Gold (TNX), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Yamana Gold (YRI), and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Franco-Nevada (TSE:FNV) and Newmont (TSE:NGT) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Franco-Nevada received 276 more outperform votes than Newmont when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.00% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
82.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Franco-Nevada presently has a consensus price target of C$191.17, suggesting a potential upside of 12.20%. Newmont has a consensus price target of C$59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.92%. Given Franco-Nevada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Newmont.
Newmont has a net margin of -20.33% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -39.96%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of -7.75% beat Newmont's return on equity.
In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 3 more articles in the media than Newmont. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 1 mentions for Newmont. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Franco-Nevada's score of -0.22 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of C$1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of C$1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Franco-Nevada pays out -58.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmont pays out -30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Franco-Nevada has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newmont. Franco-Nevada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newmont, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Franco-Nevada beats Newmont on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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