FNV vs. AEM, WPM, GFI, AU, KGC, AGI, HMY, PAAS, 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), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and B2Gold (BTG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Franco-Nevada vs.
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 246 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.27% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 55.25% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
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.
Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus price target of $124.40, indicating a potential upside of 7.59%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus price target of $162.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.81%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Franco-Nevada.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 22.88% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -55.28%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.55% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 6 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 13 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.12 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada pays out 47.5% 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.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Franco-Nevada on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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