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AEM vs. RGLD, AGI, BTG, 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), B2Gold (BTG), 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Royal Gold. Royal Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B7.66$1.90B$4.7026.85
Royal Gold$763.93M13.15$332.02M$6.0425.27

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 27 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 13 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.12 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines
25 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royal Gold
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of $136.90, indicating a potential upside of 8.50%. Royal Gold has a consensus target price of $192.13, indicating a potential upside of 25.88%. Given Royal Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.21
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Royal Gold has a net margin of 52.15% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 26.48%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 12.48% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines26.48% 12.09% 8.38%
Royal Gold 52.15%12.48%11.52%

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold pays out 29.8% 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. Royal Gold has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years.

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines and Royal Gold tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AEM vs. The Competition

MetricAgnico Eagle MinesMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$63.44B$7.77B$3.27B$20.88B
Dividend Yield1.26%1.46%5.16%3.61%
P/E Ratio26.8546.43128.2428.24
Price / Sales7.6616.2330,017,513,221,166,000.0066.98
Price / Cash17.5322.0023.9718.22
Price / Book3.043.255.934.66
Net Income$1.90B$318.68M$148.55M$993.24M
7 Day Performance-1.91%-3.75%-1.18%-0.49%
1 Month Performance8.67%10.82%5.49%3.37%
1 Year Performance69.26%44.81%35.13%9.34%

Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.3263 of 5 stars
$126.18
+2.0%
$136.90
+8.5%
+68.6%$63.44B$8.29B26.8516,968Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.902 of 5 stars
$157.48
+1.8%
$192.13
+22.0%
+12.5%$10.37B$719.40M26.0730Positive News
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.2454 of 5 stars
$25.74
+3.4%
$30.38
+18.0%
+53.4%$10.82B$1.40B41.512,400News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
BTG
B2Gold
3.3742 of 5 stars
$3.43
+3.0%
$4.31
+25.7%
+16.8%$4.54B$1.97B-7.154,690
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.9175 of 5 stars
$156.00
+1.0%
$172.13
+10.3%
+28.8%$30.05B$1.11B48.7540Analyst Revision
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.8245 of 5 stars
$15.95
+4.0%
$18.00
+12.9%
+82.5%$19.56B$5.56B16.276,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
NEM
Newmont
4.7301 of 5 stars
$59.86
+2.9%
$62.49
+4.4%
+36.3%$66.62B$18.68B13.4222,200Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
OR
OR Royalties
2.2275 of 5 stars
$27.84
+1.6%
$24.33
-12.6%
+59.0%$5.24B$191.16M163.7430Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.7372 of 5 stars
$29.49
+5.0%
$31.40
+6.5%
+32.8%$10.67B$2.82B33.909,000Positive News
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.94 of 5 stars
$91.34
+3.4%
$93.00
+1.8%
+57.3%$41.46B$1.28B67.1640Positive News
B
Barrick Mining
3.8178 of 5 stars
$21.34
+2.9%
$24.41
+14.4%
+20.3%$36.40B$12.92B16.0426,800High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:AEM) was last updated on 7/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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