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Gold Fields (GFI) Competitors

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$41.03 +1.05 (+2.63%)
As of 10/10/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

GFI vs. AEM, B, WPM, FNV, AU, KGC, PAAS, AGI, HMY, and IAG

Should you be buying Gold Fields stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gold Fields include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Mining (B), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), and Iamgold (IAG). 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 30.63% compared to Gold Fields' net margin of 0.00%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 13.79% beat Gold Fields' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines30.63% 13.79% 9.66%
Gold Fields N/A N/A N/A

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of Gold Fields shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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$8.29B9.97$1.90B$5.8827.94
Gold Fields$5.20B7.06$1.25B$2.3517.46

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 26 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 10 mentions for Gold Fields. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Gold Fields' score of 0.44 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
25 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gold Fields
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of $162.10, suggesting a potential downside of 1.33%. Gold Fields has a consensus price target of $26.63, suggesting a potential downside of 35.09%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
6 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.24
Gold Fields
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gold Fields pays out 27.2% 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.

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Fields has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Gold Fields on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GFI vs. The Competition

MetricGold FieldsMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$36.70B$11.28B$3.70B$21.46B
Dividend Yield1.57%1.33%5.06%3.66%
P/E Ratio17.4630.09155.1428.89
Price / Sales7.0619.6424,419.2760.27
Price / Cash20.2130.8526.7223.41
Price / Book6.845.597.174.51
Net Income$1.25B$318.11M$149.02M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-3.05%2.20%2.37%-3.53%
1 Month Performance9.04%15.00%11.78%-1.39%
1 Year Performance166.43%91.77%59.28%10.40%

Gold Fields Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFI
Gold Fields
3.6523 of 5 stars
$41.03
+2.6%
$26.63
-35.1%
+166.3%$36.70B$5.20B17.466,560Analyst Forecast
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.525 of 5 stars
$170.45
+0.6%
$141.40
-17.0%
+106.8%$85.19B$9.66B28.9916,968News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
B
Barrick Mining
4.6398 of 5 stars
$34.03
+0.2%
$33.33
-2.0%
+63.8%$57.81B$12.92B21.4026,800Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.3432 of 5 stars
$109.90
+0.2%
$109.75
-0.1%
+73.7%$49.78B$1.28B63.5340News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
FNV
Franco-Nevada
2.9463 of 5 stars
$221.79
+0.7%
$194.57
-12.3%
+65.3%$42.43B$1.11B54.4940Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.5601 of 5 stars
$74.78
+2.0%
$54.00
-27.8%
+164.6%$30.77B$5.79B19.8912,634Analyst Forecast
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.1984 of 5 stars
$25.35
+1.3%
$21.07
-16.9%
+146.8%$30.35B$5.15B20.446,800News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.4791 of 5 stars
$40.04
+2.5%
$34.50
-13.8%
+73.0%$16.49B$2.82B27.619,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.2075 of 5 stars
$34.74
+2.1%
$31.17
-10.3%
+68.6%$14.30B$1.35B41.862,400Analyst Forecast
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.8209 of 5 stars
$18.54
+2.0%
$12.20
-34.2%
+83.5%$11.58B$4.07B10.9743,667News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IAG
Iamgold
4.1717 of 5 stars
$13.72
+3.3%
$10.13
-26.2%
+162.7%$7.64B$1.63B9.874,391Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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