B vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, AU, KGC, AGI, PAAS, 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), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), and OR Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Barrick Mining vs. Its Competitors
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) 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 profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Mining has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Barrick Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Mining pays out 30.1% 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.
In the previous week, Barrick Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Barrick Mining and 27 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Barrick Mining's score of 0.69 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Barrick Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Barrick Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of $133.78, indicating a potential upside of 13.42%. Barrick Mining has a consensus price target of $24.05, indicating a potential upside of 14.31%. Given Barrick Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barrick Mining is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
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.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 26.48% compared to Barrick Mining's net margin of 17.46%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 12.09% beat Barrick Mining's return on equity.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Barrick Mining on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:B) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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