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Gold Fields (GFI) Competitors

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$33.40 -1.60 (-4.57%)
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GFI vs. AEM, B, WPM, 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), Barrick Mining (B), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), 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

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

Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Gold Fields pays out 26.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

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 presently has a consensus price target of $25.11, indicating a potential downside of 24.81%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $136.90, indicating a potential downside of 7.77%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 17 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 12 mentions for Gold Fields. Gold Fields' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.11 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
9 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
19 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$6.56B4.56$1.25B$2.3514.21
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B9.01$1.90B$5.8825.24

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

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Gold Fields on 14 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$29.89B$9.34B$3.51B$21.30B
Dividend Yield1.84%1.57%5.07%3.50%
P/E Ratio14.2125.82156.5729.44
Price / Sales4.5615.7514,628.3064.27
Price / Cash16.5027.0024.2218.29
Price / Book4.794.236.225.30
Net Income$1.25B$309.69M$150.35M$998.51M
7 Day Performance4.05%4.44%2.20%0.12%
1 Month Performance17.85%17.63%10.84%5.75%
1 Year Performance146.40%71.49%44.10%14.88%

Gold Fields Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFI
Gold Fields
3.6051 of 5 stars
$33.40
-4.6%
$25.11
-24.8%
+154.5%$29.89B$6.56B14.216,560Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.0552 of 5 stars
$136.67
-0.4%
$136.90
+0.2%
+88.0%$68.72B$9.66B23.2416,968Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
B
Barrick Mining
3.6418 of 5 stars
$26.30
+0.4%
$24.77
-5.8%
+38.4%$44.87B$12.92B16.5426,800
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.3834 of 5 stars
$95.55
0.0%
$97.33
+1.9%
+71.8%$43.38B$1.66B55.2340Positive News
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.5323 of 5 stars
$182.63
-1.3%
$178.88
-2.1%
+59.7%$35.19B$1.11B44.8740Positive News
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.5845 of 5 stars
$19.74
+0.7%
$20.07
+1.7%
+153.7%$23.99B$5.15B15.926,800Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.5928 of 5 stars
$54.45
-0.3%
$49.60
-8.9%
+106.0%$22.85B$5.79B14.4812,634Positive News
Gap Down
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.3556 of 5 stars
$28.41
+0.0%
$30.38
+6.9%
+74.0%$11.94B$1.35B34.232,400News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.5703 of 5 stars
$32.51
-0.4%
$31.40
-3.4%
+78.0%$11.76B$3.12B22.429,000Positive News
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.7623 of 5 stars
$15.74
-1.6%
$12.20
-22.5%
+64.4%$9.99B$3.31B9.3143,667News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
OR
OR Royalties
2.2708 of 5 stars
$30.75
-0.4%
$24.33
-20.9%
+99.0%$5.79B$214.00M83.1230News Coverage

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