National Bank Financial Comments on TSE:AEM FY2025 Earnings

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSE:AEM - Free Report) NYSE: AEM - Stock analysts at National Bank Financial lifted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Agnico Eagle Mines in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, July 15th. National Bank Financial analyst S. Nagle now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $10.30 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $9.09. The consensus estimate for Agnico Eagle Mines' current full-year earnings is $5.50 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Agnico Eagle Mines' FY2026 earnings at $11.12 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on AEM. TD Securities raised shares of Agnico Eagle Mines to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. Raymond James Financial raised Agnico Eagle Mines to a "moderate buy" rating in a research note on Monday, June 30th. UBS Group cut Agnico Eagle Mines from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, March 31st. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Agnico Eagle Mines from C$185.00 to C$195.00 in a research note on Monday, April 28th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised Agnico Eagle Mines to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and five have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus rating of "Strong Buy" and a consensus target price of C$152.00.

Agnico Eagle Mines Trading Up 4.4%

AEM traded up C$7.04 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching C$168.65. The stock had a trading volume of 411,858 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,033,082. The stock has a market capitalization of C$59.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 59.25, a P/E/G ratio of 22.97 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.88, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a current ratio of 1.75. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is C$161.95 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$150.48. Agnico Eagle Mines has a 52 week low of C$99.05 and a 52 week high of C$175.33.

Insider Transactions at Agnico Eagle Mines

In related news, Senior Officer Christopher Charles Norman Vollmershausen sold 5,000 shares of Agnico Eagle Mines stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$170.54, for a total value of C$852,700.00. Also, Senior Officer Ammar Al-Joundi sold 20,000 shares of Agnico Eagle Mines stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$169.00, for a total value of C$3,379,960.00. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 45,632 shares of company stock worth $7,657,810. 0.08% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Agnico Eagle Mines Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 16th were paid a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 30th. Agnico Eagle Mines's dividend payout ratio is 76.24%.

Agnico Eagle Mines Company Profile

Agnico Eagle Mines is a gold miner operating mines in Canada, Mexico, and Finland. It also owns 50% of the Canadian Malartic mine. Agnico operated just one mine, LaRonde, as recently as 2008 before bringing its other mines on line in rapid succession in the following years. The company produced more than 1.7 million gold ounces in 2020.