AngloGold Ashanti (AU) Competitors $40.18 +0.35 (+0.88%) Closing price 05/2/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$39.98 -0.20 (-0.50%) As of 05/2/2025 07:43 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 IAGShould 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 IAMGOLD (IAG). 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 IAMGOLD AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) 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 community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AU or AEM? 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 RatioAngloGold Ashanti$5.79B2.91$1.00B$3.2012.56Agnico Eagle Mines$8.92B6.26$1.90B$4.7023.64 Is AU or AEM 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 AngloGold AshantiN/A N/A N/A Agnico Eagle Mines 22.88%10.45%7.18% Is AU or AEM a better dividend stock? AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. AngloGold Ashanti pays out 43.1% 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. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AU or AEM? 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AU or AEM? Agnico Eagle Mines received 209 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 57.49% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAngloGold AshantiOutperform Votes45357.49% Underperform Votes33542.51% Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes66258.27% Underperform Votes47441.73% Does the media favor AU or AEM? In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 19 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 15 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.85 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment AngloGold Ashanti 7 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Agnico Eagle Mines 20 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility & risk, AU or AEM? AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer AU or AEM? AngloGold Ashanti currently has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.04%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $124.40, indicating a potential upside of 11.98%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than AngloGold Ashanti.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score AngloGold Ashanti 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Agnico Eagle Mines 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 4 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.17 SummaryAgnico Eagle Mines beats AngloGold Ashanti on 19 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$16.86B$4.60B$3.05B$19.20BDividend Yield3.48%2.05%5.19%4.00%P/E Ratio12.5624.7475.6333.50Price / Sales2.919.7324,351,377,058,359,000.0029.18Price / CashN/A21.1124.3717.52Price / Book4.513.135.194.55Net Income$1.00B$36.57M$155.25M$1.02B7 Day Performance1.59%-2.62%0.33%2.29%1 Month Performance8.76%4.31%4.15%2.94%1 Year Performance73.86%42.66%17.56%4.68% AngloGold Ashanti Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AUAngloGold Ashanti2.2229 of 5 stars$40.18+0.9%$41.00+2.0%+73.9%$16.86B$5.79B12.5612,227Gap UpAEMAgnico Eagle Mines4.4832 of 5 stars$118.96+0.4%$124.40+4.6%+70.8%$59.87B$8.29B31.4711,800Dividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑Analyst RevisionPositive NewsWPMWheaton Precious Metals4.0358 of 5 stars$82.07+0.5%$83.40+1.6%+53.4%$37.24B$1.28B61.2540Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsFNVFranco-Nevada2.9912 of 5 stars$170.66+0.3%$162.25-4.9%+33.5%$32.86B$1.11B-54.0140Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsGFIGold Fields3.041 of 5 stars$22.34+2.5%$18.56-16.9%+28.8%$19.99B$5.20B9.512,610Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑News CoverageGap UpKGCKinross Gold4.4149 of 5 stars$14.78+2.0%$13.30-10.0%+113.3%$18.19B$5.15B19.2037,369Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓Positive NewsAGIAlamos Gold3.1116 of 5 stars$28.43+1.7%$30.38+6.8%+64.4%$11.96B$1.35B41.203,310Earnings ReportOptions VolumeAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageHMYHarmony Gold Mining3.4081 of 5 stars$15.63+1.5%$8.40-46.3%+75.8%$9.92B$67.11B9.2547,400Positive NewsGap UpPAASPan American Silver3.7536 of 5 stars$25.68+0.8%$28.50+11.0%+29.0%$9.30B$2.82B80.2513,000Positive NewsOROsisko Gold Royalties1.6463 of 5 stars$23.66+1.3%$23.00-2.8%+49.6%$4.43B$191.16M262.8930Upcoming EarningsIAGIAMGOLD4.4598 of 5 stars$7.21+2.6%$7.57+4.9%+87.2%$4.15B$1.63B4.975,360Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓Positive NewsGap Up 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 IAMGOLD 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 5/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThink NVDA’s run was epic? 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