GOLD vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, NEM, GFI, AU, KGC, PPG, DD, and LYB
Should you be buying Barrick Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barrick Gold include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Newmont (NEM), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), PPG Industries (PPG), DuPont de Nemours (DD), and LyondellBasell Industries (LYB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Barrick Gold currently has a consensus price target of $21.60, indicating a potential upside of 30.83%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $64.14, indicating a potential upside of 0.70%. Given Barrick Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
62.9% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines 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 has a net margin of 29.29% compared to Barrick Gold's net margin of 11.16%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 5.54% beat Barrick Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 15 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Barrick Gold and 22 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.32 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agnico Eagle Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barrick Gold. Agnico Eagle Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrick Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Barrick Gold pays out 55.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 38.9% 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. Agnico Eagle Mines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Barrick Gold received 145 more outperform votes than Agnico Eagle Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.67% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Barrick Gold on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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