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AU vs. RGLD, AEM, AGI, BTG, KGC, NEM, OR, PAAS, SA, and WPM

Should you be buying AngloGold Ashanti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AngloGold Ashanti include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Kinross Gold (KGC), Newmont (NEM), OR Royalties (OR), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

AngloGold Ashanti vs. Its Competitors

AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AngloGold Ashanti pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years.

AngloGold Ashanti presently has a consensus price target of $49.60, indicating a potential downside of 23.14%. Royal Gold has a consensus price target of $198.63, indicating a potential upside of 5.60%. Given Royal Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than AngloGold Ashanti.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AngloGold Ashanti
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

AngloGold Ashanti has higher revenue and earnings than Royal Gold. AngloGold Ashanti 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
AngloGold Ashanti$5.79B4.68$1.00B$3.7617.16
Royal Gold$719.40M17.21$332.02M$6.8227.58

Royal Gold has a net margin of 56.24% compared to AngloGold Ashanti's net margin of 23.60%. AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity of 22.54% beat Royal Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AngloGold Ashanti23.60% 22.54% 13.96%
Royal Gold 56.24%13.30%12.32%

AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 14 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Royal Gold and 13 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.92 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AngloGold Ashanti
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royal Gold
18 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Royal Gold beats AngloGold Ashanti on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AU vs. The Competition

MetricAngloGold AshantiMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.53B$10.37B$3.58B$21.52B
Dividend Yield4.88%1.49%5.06%3.50%
P/E Ratio17.1626.08156.5329.87
Price / Sales4.6816.1118,006.5553.61
Price / Cash16.1429.2525.6924.68
Price / Book3.184.016.484.54
Net Income$1.00B$317.26M$149.31M$999.97M
7 Day Performance-0.29%4.13%1.77%1.44%
1 Month Performance18.75%21.83%10.33%4.66%
1 Year Performance133.47%78.30%46.02%14.11%

AngloGold Ashanti Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.4599 of 5 stars
$64.53
-1.6%
$49.60
-23.1%
+131.5%$27.53B$5.79B17.1612,634
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.3571 of 5 stars
$186.43
+0.8%
$198.63
+6.5%
+35.1%$12.17B$719.40M27.3430Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.8549 of 5 stars
$154.46
+1.7%
$136.90
-11.4%
+84.9%$76.35B$8.29B26.2716,968Positive News
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.6533 of 5 stars
$32.82
+2.0%
$30.38
-7.5%
+52.8%$13.53B$1.35B39.552,400
BTG
B2Gold
1.9562 of 5 stars
$4.29
+2.9%
$4.31
+0.5%
+29.7%$5.68B$2.17B-8.944,690Positive News
Gap Up
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.3441 of 5 stars
$22.57
+2.1%
$20.07
-11.1%
+140.1%$26.87B$5.15B18.206,800Positive News
NEM
Newmont
4.569 of 5 stars
$75.84
-0.4%
$65.15
-14.1%
+48.8%$83.67B$18.68B13.6222,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OR
OR Royalties
3.4329 of 5 stars
$35.07
+1.9%
$24.33
-30.6%
+95.0%$6.48B$191.16M94.7930Short Interest ↓
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.4961 of 5 stars
$35.80
+3.5%
$32.20
-10.0%
+70.7%$12.52B$2.82B24.699,000Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.4666 of 5 stars
$17.95
+1.3%
N/A+10.4%$1.81BN/A-47.2540
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.1259 of 5 stars
$106.17
+1.9%
$97.33
-8.3%
+69.2%$47.32B$1.28B61.3740Positive News

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