GOLD vs. FNV, NEM, AEM, WPM, GFI, AU, DD, PPG, LYB, and DOW
Should you be buying Barrick Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barrick Gold include Franco-Nevada (FNV), Newmont (NEM), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), and DOW (DOW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Barrick Gold vs.
Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) and Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Franco-Nevada has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barrick Gold. Franco-Nevada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrick Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franco-Nevada has a net margin of 53.25% compared to Barrick Gold's net margin of 3.92%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 11.12% beat Barrick Gold's return on equity.
Barrick Gold received 371 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.61% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote while only 56.17% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 3 more articles in the media than Barrick Gold. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 10 mentions for Barrick Gold. Barrick Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 0.30 indicating that Barrick Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
66.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of Barrick Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franco-Nevada presently has a consensus price target of $166.43, indicating a potential upside of 15.11%. Barrick Gold has a consensus price target of $23.60, indicating a potential upside of 29.40%. Given Barrick Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Franco-Nevada.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Franco-Nevada pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Gold pays out 166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Franco-Nevada has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.
Summary
Franco-Nevada beats Barrick Gold on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GOLD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Barrick Gold Competitors List
