GFI vs. AEM, WPM, B, FNV, AU, KGC, 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), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Mining (B), Franco-Nevada (FNV), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), 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
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gold Fields pays out 26.4% 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.
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.
Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus target price of $133.78, suggesting a potential upside of 13.24%. Gold Fields has a consensus target price of $19.70, suggesting a potential downside of 17.64%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Gold Fields.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 17 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 7 mentions for Gold Fields. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Gold Fields' score of 0.91 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 26.48% compared to Gold Fields' net margin of 0.00%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 12.09% beat Gold Fields' return on equity.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Fields has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Gold Fields on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GFI) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
