GFI vs. FNV, SUZ, BG, CF, CE, ALB, SQM, RS, IP, and WRK
Should you be buying Gold Fields stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gold Fields include Franco-Nevada (FNV), Suzano (SUZ), Bunge Global (BG), CF Industries (CF), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Reliance (RS), International Paper (IP), and WestRock (WRK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) and Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Franco-Nevada received 212 more outperform votes than Gold Fields when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.17% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote while only 54.30% of users gave Gold Fields an outperform vote.
Gold Fields has higher revenue and earnings than Franco-Nevada.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Franco-Nevada pays out -56.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Gold Fields has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Gold Fields has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Fields' net margin of -38.26%. Gold Fields' return on equity of 10.61% beat Franco-Nevada's return on equity.
77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.0% of Gold Fields shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Fields has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Franco-Nevada currently has a consensus price target of $148.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.92%. Gold Fields has a consensus price target of $13.67, indicating a potential downside of 19.42%. Given Gold Fields' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Gold Fields.
In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 10 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 8 mentions for Gold Fields. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Gold Fields' score of 0.66 indicating that Gold Fields is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Franco-Nevada beats Gold Fields on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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