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