AU vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AGI, HMY, PAAS, OR, and BTG
Should you be buying AngloGold Ashanti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AngloGold Ashanti include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and B2Gold (BTG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
AngloGold Ashanti vs. Its Competitors
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
AngloGold Ashanti presently has a consensus target price of $43.08, indicating a potential downside of 15.36%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $127.40, indicating a potential upside of 2.32%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than AngloGold Ashanti.
AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.50 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 1.3%. AngloGold Ashanti pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% 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.
In the previous week, AngloGold Ashanti had 1 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti and 13 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.65 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 22.88% compared to AngloGold Ashanti's net margin of 0.00%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 10.45% beat AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity.
36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 207 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote.
AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than AngloGold Ashanti. AngloGold Ashanti 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.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats AngloGold Ashanti on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AU) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
