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B vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, PAAS, AGI, HMY, and OR

Should you be buying Barrick Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barrick Mining include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), and OR Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Barrick Mining vs. Its Competitors

Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) 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 institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Barrick Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Agnico Eagle Mines. Barrick Mining 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 Ratio
Barrick Mining$12.92B3.46$2.14B$1.5916.49
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B8.32$1.90B$5.8823.32

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 6 more articles in the media than Barrick Mining. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 12 mentions for Barrick Mining. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Barrick Mining's score of 0.55 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
Barrick Mining
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Agnico Eagle Mines
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Barrick Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Barrick Mining pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 27.2% 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. Barrick Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Barrick Mining currently has a consensus price target of $24.77, suggesting a potential downside of 5.54%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $136.90, suggesting a potential downside of 0.14%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Barrick Mining.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barrick Mining
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.21

90.8% of Barrick Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Barrick Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 30.63% compared to Barrick Mining's net margin of 19.99%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 13.79% beat Barrick Mining's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barrick Mining19.99% 8.19% 5.73%
Agnico Eagle Mines 30.63%13.79%9.66%

Barrick Mining has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Barrick Mining on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding B and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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B vs. The Competition

MetricBarrick MiningMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$43.55B$9.13B$3.36B$20.92B
Dividend Yield1.57%1.31%5.15%3.58%
P/E Ratio16.4924.18112.2429.13
Price / Sales3.4615.3931,218,733,196,596,000.0053.00
Price / Cash10.6824.8024.0723.54
Price / Book1.344.075.935.45
Net Income$2.14B$318.36M$148.61M$992.10M
7 Day Performance8.86%3.65%1.32%2.61%
1 Month Performance21.27%11.20%2.42%1.46%
1 Year Performance27.99%64.46%33.96%10.72%

Barrick Mining Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
B
Barrick Mining
2.8486 of 5 stars
$26.23
+2.7%
$24.77
-5.5%
+29.6%$43.55B$12.92B16.4926,800
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.4854 of 5 stars
$133.32
0.0%
$136.90
+2.7%
+68.3%$67.02B$8.29B22.6716,968Positive News
Short Interest ↓
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.4948 of 5 stars
$93.26
-1.1%
$97.33
+4.4%
+56.6%$42.33B$1.28B53.9040News Coverage
Positive News
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.2547 of 5 stars
$175.36
-1.1%
$178.88
+2.0%
+51.7%$33.78B$1.11B43.0840Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
GFI
Gold Fields
4.0045 of 5 stars
$29.83
-0.7%
$22.36
-25.0%
+97.7%$26.70B$5.20B12.696,560News Coverage
Earnings Report
Options Volume
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.33 of 5 stars
$19.40
+0.3%
$20.07
+3.5%
+116.9%$23.56B$6.07B15.636,800Positive News
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.8127 of 5 stars
$53.76
-1.0%
$49.60
-7.7%
+77.3%$22.57B$5.79B14.3012,634Positive News
Options Volume
Gap Down
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.545 of 5 stars
$31.66
+0.1%
$31.40
-0.8%
+56.2%$11.45B$2.82B21.829,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.1728 of 5 stars
$26.08
+0.3%
$30.38
+16.5%
+45.9%$10.95B$1.51B31.382,400Positive News
Short Interest ↓
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.9021 of 5 stars
$15.33
-0.6%
$12.20
-20.4%
+52.0%$9.73B$3.31B9.0743,667Positive News
OR
OR Royalties
2.547 of 5 stars
$30.82
+0.9%
$24.33
-21.0%
+78.0%$5.80B$191.16M83.3030News Coverage
Positive News
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