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Gold Fields (GFI) Competitors

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$39.54 +0.85 (+2.20%)
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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

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) 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, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

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
Gold FieldsN/A N/A N/A
Agnico Eagle Mines 30.63%13.79%9.66%

Gold Fields currently has a consensus price target of $27.63, indicating a potential downside of 30.11%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $175.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.29%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Gold Fields.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gold Fields
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
6 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.29

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. Gold Fields' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.05 indicating that Gold Fields is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gold Fields
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Agnico Eagle Mines
16 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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

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

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
Gold Fields$6.56B5.40$1.25B$2.3516.83
Agnico Eagle Mines$9.66B8.50$1.90B$5.8827.77

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Gold Fields on 15 of the 19 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$35.39B$10.59B$3.68B$21.85B
Dividend Yield1.49%1.25%5.06%3.61%
P/E Ratio16.8328.8121.2432.52
Price / Sales5.4019.4519,964.9885.83
Price / Cash21.5731.8226.7524.48
Price / Book6.595.286.964.60
Net Income$1.25B$318.11M$148.62M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-9.79%-12.49%-5.22%-0.70%
1 Month Performance-6.39%3.39%5.44%-0.62%
1 Year Performance109.15%79.72%50.36%10.39%

Gold Fields Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFI
Gold Fields
3.7484 of 5 stars
$39.54
+2.2%
$27.63
-30.1%
+110.9%$35.39B$6.56B16.836,560Positive News
Gap Down
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.189 of 5 stars
$172.11
+4.7%
$162.10
-5.8%
+88.3%$82.65B$8.29B29.2716,968Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
B
Barrick Mining
4.8562 of 5 stars
$33.39
+2.0%
$38.10
+14.1%
+51.0%$55.75B$12.92B21.0026,800Trending News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.7833 of 5 stars
$109.07
+3.4%
$114.50
+5.0%
+43.4%$47.87B$1.28B63.0540Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
FNV
Franco-Nevada
4.0409 of 5 stars
$211.81
+3.5%
$196.86
-7.1%
+45.5%$39.43B$1.11B52.0440Analyst Revision
Gap Up
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
3.3433 of 5 stars
$74.47
+3.5%
$58.00
-22.1%
+117.2%$30.19B$5.79B19.8012,634Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.4291 of 5 stars
$25.49
+5.1%
$25.19
-1.2%
+118.4%$29.41B$5.15B20.566,800Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.3314 of 5 stars
$40.82
+6.0%
$38.50
-5.7%
+42.7%$16.25B$2.82B28.159,000Options Volume
Gap Down
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.8044 of 5 stars
$34.78
+5.2%
$31.17
-10.4%
+52.5%$13.90B$1.35B41.912,400Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.6322 of 5 stars
$19.86
+8.7%
$12.20
-38.6%
+49.2%$11.63B$4.07B11.7543,667Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
IAG
Iamgold
4.2765 of 5 stars
$13.55
+6.7%
$12.85
-5.1%
+97.8%$7.30B$1.63B9.754,391Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down

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