AU vs. KGC, PAAS, AGI, HMY, SBSW, GFI, EGO, OR, FNV, and WPM
Should you be buying AngloGold Ashanti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AngloGold Ashanti include Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Gold Fields (GFI), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Franco-Nevada (FNV), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) and Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
Kinross Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AngloGold Ashanti.
AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kinross Gold has a net margin of 9.82% compared to AngloGold Ashanti's net margin of 0.00%. Kinross Gold's return on equity of 8.85% beat AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity.
AngloGold Ashanti currently has a consensus target price of $24.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.89%. Kinross Gold has a consensus target price of $6.44, suggesting a potential downside of 2.25%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Kinross Gold.
AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Kinross Gold pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Kinross Gold received 142 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.72% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote while only 57.42% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AngloGold Ashanti had 3 more articles in the media than Kinross Gold. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti and 3 mentions for Kinross Gold. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.58 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kinross Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kinross Gold beats AngloGold Ashanti on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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