AEM vs. RGLD, AGI, EGO, FNV, KGC, NEM, OR, PAAS, WPM, and B
Should you be buying Agnico Eagle Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agnico Eagle Mines include Royal Gold (RGLD), Alamos Gold (AGI), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (KGC), Newmont (NEM), OR Royalties (OR), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Barrick Mining (B). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Agnico Eagle Mines vs. Its Competitors
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
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.
Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus price target of $136.90, suggesting a potential downside of 10.73%. Royal Gold has a consensus price target of $198.63, suggesting a potential upside of 4.91%. Given Royal Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 10 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 19 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.01 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% 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 raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines and Royal Gold tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AEM) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
