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Gold Fields (GFI) Competitors

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$24.08 +0.35 (+1.47%)
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GFI vs. AEM, WPM, B, FNV, KGC, AU, AGI, PAAS, HMY, and OR

Should you be buying Gold Fields stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gold Fields include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Mining (B), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), and OR Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Gold Fields vs. Its Competitors

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Fields has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus target price of $130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.85%. Gold Fields has a consensus target price of $19.70, suggesting a potential downside of 18.19%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Gold Fields.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.15
Gold Fields
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 26.48% compared to Gold Fields' net margin of 0.00%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 12.09% beat Gold Fields' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines26.48% 12.09% 8.38%
Gold Fields N/A N/A N/A

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Gold Fields. Gold Fields is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B7.22$1.90B$4.7025.28
Gold Fields$5.20B4.14$1.25B$2.3510.25

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gold Fields pays out 26.4% 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. Gold Fields is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 19 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 6 mentions for Gold Fields. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Gold Fields' score of 0.56 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gold Fields
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of Gold Fields shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Gold Fields on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GFI vs. The Competition

MetricGold FieldsMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.24B$7.77B$3.27B$20.52B
Dividend Yield2.60%1.50%5.18%3.76%
P/E RatioN/A48.1792.1827.84
Price / Sales4.1413.9527,136,382,376,933,200.0037.43
Price / Cash11.7020.3623.8121.79
Price / Book4.013.485.904.55
Net Income$1.25B$313.25M$150.74M$984.95M
7 Day Performance0.25%3.42%2.32%3.58%
1 Month Performance-4.60%2.49%6.31%6.04%
1 Year Performance61.23%55.26%26.48%14.49%

Gold Fields Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFI
Gold Fields
3.2938 of 5 stars
$24.08
+1.5%
$19.70
-18.2%
+59.4%$21.24B$5.20B0.006,560Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.2714 of 5 stars
$119.02
+2.5%
$130.50
+9.6%
+81.2%$59.91B$8.92B25.3211,800Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.3017 of 5 stars
$89.91
+3.0%
$92.75
+3.2%
+71.8%$40.81B$1.46B66.1140Positive News
B
Barrick Mining
4.3966 of 5 stars
$20.80
+1.7%
$24.05
+15.6%
+25.8%$35.66B$12.92B15.6421,300Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.4144 of 5 stars
$164.35
+1.9%
$169.63
+3.2%
+39.0%$31.66B$1.11B51.3640Positive News
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.4107 of 5 stars
$15.63
+5.1%
$17.00
+8.8%
+88.5%$19.17B$5.15B15.9537,369Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
3.0605 of 5 stars
$45.67
+4.1%
$43.08
-5.7%
+82.6%$19.17B$5.79B15.0212,634Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.2037 of 5 stars
$26.61
+4.0%
$30.38
+14.1%
+71.2%$11.18B$1.35B42.922,400News Coverage
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.3228 of 5 stars
$28.39
+2.4%
$30.60
+7.8%
+44.8%$10.27B$2.99B32.639,000
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.4561 of 5 stars
$13.97
+4.3%
$8.40
-39.9%
+52.3%$8.87B$3.31B8.2743,667
OR
OR Royalties
1.8475 of 5 stars
$25.70
+2.7%
$23.00
-10.5%
+65.3%$4.83B$201.03M151.1830

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