FNV vs. AEM, WPM, GFI, AU, KGC, AGI, PAAS, HMY, OR, and BTG
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), OR Royalties (OR), and B2Gold (BTG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Franco-Nevada vs. Its Competitors
Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Franco-Nevada has a net margin of 50.39% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 26.48%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 12.09% beat Franco-Nevada's return on equity.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Franco-Nevada pays out 47.5% 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. Franco-Nevada has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Agnico Eagle Mines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Franco-Nevada. Agnico Eagle Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franco-Nevada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 16 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 14 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.05 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franco-Nevada currently has a consensus price target of $172.13, suggesting a potential upside of 3.57%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.52%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Franco-Nevada.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Franco-Nevada on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FNV) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
