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$165.30 +0.21 (+0.13%)
Closing price 07/7/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Royal Gold presently has a consensus price target of $192.13, indicating a potential upside of 14.20%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus price target of $172.13, indicating a potential upside of 4.13%. Given Royal Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Franco-Nevada.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Franco-Nevada
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Gold$719.40M15.39$332.02M$6.0427.85
Franco-Nevada$1.23B25.99$552.10M$3.2051.66

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 0.9%. 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 raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years and Franco-Nevada has raised 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Gold52.15% 12.48% 11.52%
Franco-Nevada 50.39%11.40%10.82%

83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 8 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 17 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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Gold
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Franco-Nevada
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Royal Gold beats Franco-Nevada on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FNV vs. The Competition

MetricFranco-NevadaMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.80B$7.98B$3.29B$20.71B
Dividend Yield0.92%1.46%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio51.6648.0396.1227.82
Price / Sales25.9914.2427,181,161,885,806,000.0047.03
Price / Cash37.6920.3823.9218.22
Price / Book5.313.425.994.59
Net Income$552.10M$318.68M$147.60M$982.91M
7 Day Performance1.19%6.09%1.85%0.65%
1 Month Performance-1.10%5.82%4.66%4.26%
1 Year Performance34.72%49.43%26.05%13.93%

Franco-Nevada Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.2674 of 5 stars
$165.30
+0.1%
$172.13
+4.1%
+33.6%$31.80B$1.23B51.6640Positive News
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.1915 of 5 stars
$177.84
+1.3%
$192.13
+8.0%
+28.4%$11.71B$719.40M29.4430Trending News
Gap Down
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.2499 of 5 stars
$119.02
+2.5%
$130.50
+9.6%
+75.0%$59.91B$8.92B25.3211,800
AGI
Alamos Gold
2.578 of 5 stars
$26.61
+4.0%
$30.38
+14.1%
+67.4%$11.18B$1.35B42.922,400News Coverage
Positive News
BTG
B2Gold
2.1183 of 5 stars
$3.61
+2.3%
$4.21
+16.7%
+31.4%$4.77B$1.97B-7.524,690
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.4079 of 5 stars
$15.63
+5.1%
$17.00
+8.8%
+89.6%$19.17B$5.15B15.956,800Positive News
OR
OR Royalties
1.3465 of 5 stars
$25.70
+2.7%
$23.00
-10.5%
+67.4%$4.83B$201.03M151.1830News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.4064 of 5 stars
$28.39
+2.4%
$30.60
+7.8%
+36.5%$10.27B$2.99B32.639,000Positive News
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.037 of 5 stars
$14.52
+3.1%
N/A+9.2%$1.46BN/A-145.2040
SAND
Sandstorm Gold
1.8338 of 5 stars
$9.41
+4.2%
$9.25
-1.7%
+82.1%$2.76B$176.28M94.1120Trending News
Options Volume
Gap Up
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.986 of 5 stars
$89.91
+3.0%
$92.75
+3.2%
+66.0%$40.81B$1.46B66.1140Positive News

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