AGI vs. WPM, FNV, GFI, AU, KGC, PAAS, HMY, OR, BTG, and IAG
Should you be buying Alamos Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alamos Gold include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), OR Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTG), and Iamgold (IAG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Alamos Gold vs. Its Competitors
Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Alamos Gold currently has a consensus price target of $30.38, indicating a potential upside of 12.35%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $93.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.60%. Given Alamos Gold's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.
In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 7 more articles in the media than Alamos Gold. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 8 mentions for Alamos Gold. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Alamos Gold's score of 0.93 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 42.45% compared to Alamos Gold's net margin of 18.36%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 10.32% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.
Alamos Gold has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wheaton Precious Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alamos Gold. Alamos Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Alamos Gold pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 48.5% 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. Wheaton Precious Metals has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Wheaton Precious Metals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are owned 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.
Summary
Wheaton Precious Metals beats Alamos Gold on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AGI) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
