AngloGold Ashanti (AU) Competitors $44.09 +1.21 (+2.82%) Closing price 05/23/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$44.16 +0.06 (+0.15%) As of 05/23/2025 07:56 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock AU vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AGI, HMY, PAAS, OR, and BTGShould 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. Agnico Eagle Mines Wheaton Precious Metals Franco-Nevada Gold Fields Kinross Gold Alamos Gold Harmony Gold Mining Pan American Silver Osisko Gold Royalties B2Gold Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability. Do insiders and institutionals believe in AEM or AU? 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AEM or AU? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAgnico Eagle Mines$8.92B6.64$1.90B$4.7025.04AngloGold Ashanti$6.59B2.81$1.00B$3.0414.50 Is AEM or AU more profitable? 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.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Agnico Eagle Mines22.88% 10.45% 7.18% AngloGold Ashanti N/A N/A N/A Do analysts recommend AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus target price of $124.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.71%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus target price of $41.30, suggesting a potential downside of 6.33%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than AngloGold Ashanti.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Agnico Eagle Mines 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 4 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.17AngloGold Ashanti 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines received 208 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.27% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 57.47% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAgnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes66258.27% Underperform Votes47441.73% AngloGold AshantiOutperform Votes45457.47% Underperform Votes33642.53% Is AEM or AU a better dividend stock? Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AngloGold Ashanti pays out 16.4% 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. Which has more risk & volatility, AEM or AU? Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer AEM or AU? In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 11 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 9 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 1.08 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Agnico Eagle Mines 15 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive AngloGold Ashanti 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryAgnico Eagle Mines beats AngloGold Ashanti on 20 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get AngloGold Ashanti News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AU and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart AU vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAngloGold AshantiGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$18.48B$4.51B$3.12B$19.28BDividend Yield3.22%2.04%5.07%3.85%P/E Ratio14.5027.2972.4034.43Price / Sales2.8110.7925,844,173,692,323,200.0034.86Price / CashN/A21.4524.3017.51Price / Book4.953.415.264.69Net Income$1.00B$8.61M$155.45M$1.02B7 Day Performance8.45%8.28%2.38%-2.38%1 Month Performance8.84%2.52%3.76%4.34%1 Year Performance81.44%35.21%18.54%4.87% AngloGold Ashanti Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AUAngloGold Ashanti2.573 of 5 stars$44.09+2.8%$41.30-6.3%+86.3%$18.48B$6.59B14.5012,227News CoveragePositive NewsDividend CutAnalyst UpgradeGap UpAEMAgnico Eagle Mines4.2099 of 5 stars$108.23+1.7%$124.40+14.9%+74.8%$54.47B$8.92B28.6311,800Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementGap UpWPMWheaton Precious Metals3.9775 of 5 stars$80.39+2.4%$85.90+6.9%+55.6%$36.48B$1.46B59.9940Positive NewsAnalyst RevisionFNVFranco-Nevada2.7944 of 5 stars$162.01+1.7%$162.75+0.5%+38.6%$31.20B$1.23B-51.2740News CoveragePositive NewsGFIGold Fields3.5378 of 5 stars$21.28+3.1%$18.56-12.8%+46.3%$19.05B$5.20B9.062,610News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst UpgradeGap UpKGCKinross Gold4.34 of 5 stars$13.95+1.8%$13.90-0.4%+86.7%$17.16B$5.56B18.1237,369Positive NewsGap UpAGIAlamos Gold3.4361 of 5 stars$25.07+2.3%$30.38+21.2%+58.7%$10.54B$1.40B36.333,310Positive NewsGap UpHMYHarmony Gold Mining3.5467 of 5 stars$14.75+2.0%$8.40-43.1%+73.3%$9.36B$67.11B8.7347,400Positive NewsGap UpPAASPan American Silver4.5204 of 5 stars$23.20+2.0%$29.50+27.2%+15.8%$8.40B$2.99B72.5013,000Ex-DividendAnalyst ForecastOROsisko Gold Royalties1.4303 of 5 stars$23.83+2.1%$23.00-3.5%+58.0%$4.46B$201.03M264.7830Positive NewsGap UpBTGB2Gold3.5031 of 5 stars$3.05+3.4%$4.21+38.1%+23.1%$4.03B$1.97B-6.354,690News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors Franco-Nevada Competitors Gold Fields Competitors Kinross Gold Competitors Alamos Gold Competitors Harmony Gold Mining Competitors Pan American Silver Competitors Osisko Gold Royalties Competitors B2Gold Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:AU) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump Predicts Dollar DownfallREAD THIS VERY CAREFULLY: If you have $100,000 or more saved for retirement, this may make you VERY angry... ...Augusta Precious Metals | Sponsored$19 for a FULL YEAR of stock picks?!Invest in Musk's AI Play With Just $100 You don't need deep pockets to ride the next wave of AI wealth. ...Behind the Markets | SponsoredTrump Exec Order 14179 is wealth “gift” to good Americans?Is President Trump’s Executive Order 14179… A secret way to restore wealth for good citizens? 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