RGLD vs. AEM, AGI, EGO, FNV, KGC, NEM, OR, PAAS, SAND, and WPM
Should you be buying Royal Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Gold include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (KGC), Newmont (NEM), OR Royalties (OR), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Royal Gold vs. Its Competitors
Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Royal Gold presently has a consensus target price of $198.63, suggesting a potential upside of 7.36%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $136.90, suggesting a potential downside of 10.42%. Given Royal Gold's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Royal Gold. Agnico Eagle Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 25 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 9 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.90 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Royal Gold has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Royal Gold has a net margin of 56.24% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 30.63%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 13.79% beat Royal Gold's return on equity.
Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 27.2% 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. Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years.
Summary
Royal Gold and Agnico Eagle Mines tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:RGLD) was last updated on 9/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
