Barrick Mining (B) Competitors

Newmont (NYSE:NEM) and Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is NEM or B a better dividend stock?

Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Barrick Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Newmont pays out 22.4% 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.

Do analysts rate NEM or B?

Newmont presently has a consensus price target of $57.68, indicating a potential downside of 0.75%. Barrick Mining has a consensus price target of $24.05, indicating a potential upside of 16.19%. Given Barrick Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barrick Mining is more favorable than Newmont.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Newmont	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
Barrick Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NEM or B?

Newmont received 130 more outperform votes than Barrick Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.15% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 56.86% of users gave Barrick Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newmont	Outperform Votes 934 63.15%	Underperform Votes 545 36.85%
Barrick Mining	Outperform Votes 804 56.86%	Underperform Votes 610 43.14%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NEM or B?

Newmont has higher revenue and earnings than Barrick Mining. Newmont is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrick Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Newmont	$18.68B	3.46	$3.35B	$4.46	13.03
Barrick Mining	$12.92B	2.75	$2.14B	$1.33	15.56

Does the media prefer NEM or B?

In the previous week, Newmont had 3 more articles in the media than Barrick Mining. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Newmont and 25 mentions for Barrick Mining. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Barrick Mining's score of 0.66 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newmont	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barrick Mining	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NEM or B?

68.9% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Barrick Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NEM or B more profitable?

Newmont has a net margin of 25.77% compared to Barrick Mining's net margin of 17.46%. Newmont's return on equity of 15.75% beat Barrick Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newmont	25.77%	15.75%	8.52%
Barrick Mining	17.46%	7.51%	5.25%

Which has more risk and volatility, NEM or B?

Newmont has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Mining has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Newmont beats Barrick Mining on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.