FNV vs. RGLD, AEM, AGI, BTG, KGC, OR, PAAS, SA, SAND, and WPM
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Kinross Gold (KGC), OR Royalties (OR), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Franco-Nevada vs. Its Competitors
Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) and Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) 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 analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Royal Gold has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Royal Gold has a net margin of 52.15% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of 50.39%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 12.48% beat Franco-Nevada's return on equity.
Franco-Nevada has higher revenue and earnings than Royal Gold. Royal Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franco-Nevada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Royal Gold presently has a consensus price target of $192.13, indicating a potential upside of 20.05%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus price target of $172.13, indicating a potential upside of 8.80%. Given Royal Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Franco-Nevada.
83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Royal Gold pays out 29.8% 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. Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years and Franco-Nevada has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Royal Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Royal Gold had 7 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Royal Gold and 9 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Royal Gold's score of 1.22 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Royal Gold beats Franco-Nevada on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FNV) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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