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Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) Competitors

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$152.82 -1.36 (-0.88%)
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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

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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Royal Gold presently has a consensus target price of $198.63, indicating a potential upside of 7.36%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $136.90, indicating a potential downside of 10.42%. Given Royal Gold's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Gold$719.40M16.93$332.02M$6.8227.13
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B9.27$1.90B$5.8825.99

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 22 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 9 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.01 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Gold
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Agnico Eagle Mines
13 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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 raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years.

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Gold56.24% 13.30% 12.32%
Agnico Eagle Mines 30.63%13.79%9.66%

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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AEM vs. The Competition

MetricAgnico Eagle MinesMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$77.52B$10.19B$3.59B$21.33B
Dividend Yield1.04%1.45%5.06%3.49%
P/E Ratio25.9927.23157.5029.42
Price / Sales9.2716.8815,900.9368.71
Price / Cash21.3028.7524.2824.61
Price / Book3.684.056.674.55
Net Income$1.90B$317.26M$149.32M$999.91M
7 Day Performance3.47%5.65%2.46%0.84%
1 Month Performance12.65%18.37%9.69%5.23%
1 Year Performance96.50%83.43%48.05%16.62%

Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.7363 of 5 stars
$152.82
-0.9%
$136.90
-10.4%
+100.9%$77.52B$8.29B25.9916,968Trending News
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.0357 of 5 stars
$179.58
+2.0%
$198.63
+10.6%
+39.1%$11.82B$799.48M26.3330Positive News
Short Interest ↑
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.6464 of 5 stars
$30.47
+2.8%
$30.38
-0.3%
+81.3%$12.81B$1.35B36.712,400Positive News
EGO
Eldorado Gold
3.7355 of 5 stars
$24.82
+3.1%
$23.60
-4.9%
+66.5%$5.04B$1.32B12.474,800News Coverage
Positive News
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.2977 of 5 stars
$188.67
+2.3%
$178.88
-5.2%
+67.7%$36.36B$1.11B46.3640Positive News
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.4124 of 5 stars
$20.93
+3.5%
$20.07
-4.1%
+171.0%$25.44B$5.15B16.886,800Positive News
NEM
Newmont
4.3998 of 5 stars
$74.48
+2.1%
$65.15
-12.5%
+50.6%$81.81B$18.68B13.3722,200
OR
OR Royalties
2.5127 of 5 stars
$32.14
+2.9%
$24.33
-24.3%
+112.6%$6.05B$191.16M86.8730News Coverage
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.1327 of 5 stars
$33.98
+3.2%
$31.40
-7.6%
+92.2%$12.30B$2.82B23.449,000Positive News
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.003 of 5 stars
$100.43
+3.3%
$97.33
-3.1%
+83.1%$45.59B$1.28B58.0540Positive News
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B
Barrick Mining
3.4346 of 5 stars
$26.68
+1.5%
$24.85
-6.9%
+52.9%$45.52B$12.92B16.7826,800

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This page (NYSE:AEM) was last updated on 9/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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