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NYSE:GFI

Gold Fields (GFI) Competitors

$15.12
+0.51 (+3.49%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$14.88
$15.40
50-Day Range
$11.85
$17.40
52-Week Range
$7.03
$17.78
Volume
6.46 million shs
Average Volume
5.67 million shs
Market Capitalization
$13.51 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
2.51%
Price Target
$11.50

GFI vs. AU, WPM, KGC, SBSW, AGI, AEM, FNV, GOLD, NEM, and FMC

Should you be buying Gold Fields stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gold Fields include AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Kinross Gold (KGC), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Alamos Gold (AGI), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Newmont (NEM), and FMC (FMC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Gold Fields vs.

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

AngloGold Ashanti currently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.57%. Gold Fields has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential downside of 23.94%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Gold Fields.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AngloGold Ashanti
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Gold Fields
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Fields has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AngloGold Ashanti received 264 more outperform votes than Gold Fields when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.48% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote while only 55.24% of users gave Gold Fields an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AngloGold AshantiOutperform Votes
438
58.48%
Underperform Votes
311
41.52%
Gold FieldsOutperform Votes
174
55.24%
Underperform Votes
141
44.76%

Gold Fields has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AngloGold Ashanti.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AngloGold Ashanti$4.50 billion2.25$297 millionN/AN/A
Gold Fields$4.29 billion3.15$711 millionN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AngloGold Ashanti N/A N/A N/A
Gold Fields N/A N/A N/A

24.9% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Gold Fields shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, AngloGold Ashanti had 5 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti and 3 mentions for Gold Fields. AngloGold Ashanti's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Gold Fields' score of -0.05 indicating that AngloGold Ashanti is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AngloGold Ashanti
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gold Fields
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Gold Fields has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Gold Fields is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

AngloGold Ashanti beats Gold Fields on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GFI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GFI vs. The Competition

MetricGold FieldsGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.51B$3.48B$2.52B$14.24B
Dividend Yield2.62%2.24%4.97%4.06%
P/E RatioN/A36.7091.4019.51
Price / Sales3.15243.7174,562.909.06
Price / Cash7.6614.3225.4323.16
Price / Book3.103.642.909.09
Net Income$711M$27.28M$406.18M$896.31M
7 Day Performance2.58%-3.66%-1.66%-1.03%
1 Month Performance-2.83%-9.72%1.51%-2.91%
1 Year Performance61.88%-10.80%-12.07%-10.42%

Gold Fields Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
1.8663 of 5 stars
$23.60
+0.6%
$27.00
+14.4%
+32.5%$9.88B$4.50B0.0032,594Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
2.6489 of 5 stars
$44.13
-1.2%
$350.56
+694.4%
-17.8%$19.98B$1.07B31.9844Positive News
KGC
Kinross Gold
2.4388 of 5 stars
$4.66
-1.7%
$6.33
+35.8%
+2.4%$5.72B$3.46B466.006,400
SBSW
Sibanye Stillwater
2.9231 of 5 stars
$7.05
-0.6%
$11.33
+60.9%
-46.3%$4.99B$8.45B3.8966,043Upcoming Earnings
AGI
Alamos Gold
2.92 of 5 stars
$12.11
-2.2%
$16.08
+32.8%
+59.8%$4.78B$821.20M50.461,918Short Interest ↓
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
2.2776 of 5 stars
$50.25
-1.5%
$70.63
+40.6%
-7.1%$24.84B$5.74B9.8916,105High Trading Volume
FNV
Franco-Nevada
2.3533 of 5 stars
$142.76
-2.0%
$174.29
+22.1%
+0.1%$27.40B$1.32B40.6738Short Interest ↑
GOLD
Barrick Gold
2.1413 of 5 stars
$16.77
-1.3%
$22.43
+33.7%
-18.6%$29.44B$10.80B279.5023,000
NEM
Newmont
2.5634 of 5 stars
$40.41
-0.7%
$60.53
+49.8%
-41.2%$32.11B$11.92B-61.2214,600
FMC
FMC
2.9802 of 5 stars
$104.23
+0.6%
$143.38
+37.6%
-17.3%$13.03B$5.80B18.196,600Analyst Revision

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