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Gold Fields (GFI) Competitors

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$41.42 +3.55 (+9.37%)
As of 09/19/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

GFI vs. AEM, B, WPM, FNV, KGC, AU, PAAS, AGI, 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), Barrick Mining (B), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), and OR Royalties (OR). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

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$5.20B7.13$1.25B$2.3517.63
Agnico Eagle Mines$9.66B8.39$1.90B$5.8827.43

Gold Fields has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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.

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 11 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 7 mentions for Gold Fields. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Gold Fields' score of 0.75 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Gold Fields presently has a consensus target price of $26.63, suggesting a potential downside of 35.70%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $141.40, suggesting a potential downside of 12.33%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

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%

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Gold Fields on 16 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$36.98B$10.71B$3.61B$21.65B
Dividend Yield1.56%1.43%5.06%3.51%
P/E Ratio17.6328.00156.9829.94
Price / Sales7.1315.3017,720.3059.78
Price / Cash20.3729.8025.8124.98
Price / Book6.904.096.684.59
Net Income$1.25B$317.26M$149.17M$1.00B
7 Day Performance10.07%1.84%2.18%0.81%
1 Month Performance37.15%22.61%12.18%5.30%
1 Year Performance173.40%77.34%47.72%14.58%

Gold Fields Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFI
Gold Fields
3.4435 of 5 stars
$41.42
+9.4%
$26.63
-35.7%
+173.4%$36.98B$5.20B17.636,560Short Interest ↑
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.4869 of 5 stars
$153.92
+0.4%
$136.90
-11.1%
+94.0%$77.06B$8.29B26.1816,968Positive News
Analyst Forecast
B
Barrick Mining
3.8086 of 5 stars
$29.04
+0.0%
$24.94
-14.1%
+61.8%$49.43B$12.92B18.2626,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.9962 of 5 stars
$107.76
+1.1%
$101.44
-5.9%
+71.9%$48.41B$1.28B62.2940Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.4803 of 5 stars
$203.97
+1.8%
$178.88
-12.3%
+66.5%$38.62B$1.11B50.1240Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.3516 of 5 stars
$23.26
-0.1%
$20.07
-13.7%
+144.6%$28.29B$5.15B18.766,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.6548 of 5 stars
$67.16
+1.3%
$49.60
-26.1%
+142.1%$27.83B$5.79B17.8612,634Positive News
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.4348 of 5 stars
$37.22
+1.5%
$32.20
-13.5%
+70.7%$15.48B$2.82B25.679,000
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.7741 of 5 stars
$33.48
+1.6%
$30.38
-9.3%
+55.3%$13.86B$1.35B35.832,400Analyst Forecast
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.3821 of 5 stars
$15.04
+0.2%
$12.20
-18.9%
+63.9%$9.53B$4.07B8.9043,667Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
OR
OR Royalties
3.2438 of 5 stars
$36.93
+2.7%
$27.25
-26.2%
+101.6%$6.76B$191.16M64.2030Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume

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