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B vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, AGI, PAAS, HMY, and OR

Should you be buying Barrick Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barrick Mining include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), 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.

Barrick Mining vs. Its Competitors

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Barrick Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Mining pays out 30.1% 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. Barrick Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Barrick Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Agnico Eagle Mines. Barrick Mining 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B7.16$1.90B$4.7025.07
Barrick Mining$12.92B2.76$2.14B$1.3315.67

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Mining has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 26.48% compared to Barrick Mining's net margin of 17.46%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 12.09% beat Barrick Mining's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines26.48% 12.09% 8.38%
Barrick Mining 17.46%7.51%5.25%

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 6 more articles in the media than Barrick Mining. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 20 mentions for Barrick Mining. Barrick Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.94 indicating that Barrick Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Barrick Mining
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Barrick Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus target price of $130.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.77%. Barrick Mining has a consensus target price of $24.05, indicating a potential upside of 15.38%. Given Barrick Mining's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barrick Mining is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.15
Barrick Mining
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Barrick Mining on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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B vs. The Competition

MetricBarrick MiningMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$35.69B$7.85B$3.21B$20.43B
Dividend Yield1.92%1.50%5.18%3.76%
P/E Ratio15.6747.6290.6827.62
Price / Sales2.7612.5527,136,382,376,907,900.0036.40
Price / Cash8.7120.3623.8121.79
Price / Book1.083.395.954.52
Net Income$2.14B$313.25M$150.74M$984.47M
7 Day Performance-0.24%0.65%1.32%2.61%
1 Month Performance2.57%-0.39%5.26%4.99%
1 Year Performance25.39%49.41%25.40%13.53%

Barrick Mining Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
B
Barrick Mining
4.2975 of 5 stars
$20.84
+0.1%
$24.05
+15.4%
+25.8%$35.69B$12.92B15.6726,800Positive News
High Trading Volume
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.661 of 5 stars
$118.56
+2.1%
$130.50
+10.1%
+81.2%$59.68B$8.92B25.2311,800Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.1981 of 5 stars
$89.75
+2.8%
$92.75
+3.3%
+71.8%$40.74B$1.28B65.9940Positive News
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.4188 of 5 stars
$163.87
+1.6%
$169.63
+3.5%
+39.0%$31.57B$1.11B51.2140Positive News
GFI
Gold Fields
3.4527 of 5 stars
$23.59
+3.1%
$19.70
-16.5%
+59.4%$21.11B$5.20B10.042,610Positive News
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.3991 of 5 stars
$15.53
+4.4%
$17.00
+9.5%
+88.5%$19.05B$5.15B15.856,800Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
3.0084 of 5 stars
$45.38
+3.4%
$43.08
-5.1%
+82.6%$19.05B$5.79B14.9312,634Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.1568 of 5 stars
$26.39
+3.1%
$30.38
+15.1%
+71.2%$11.09B$1.35B42.562,400
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.3127 of 5 stars
$28.25
+1.9%
$30.60
+8.3%
+44.8%$10.22B$2.99B32.479,000
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.4537 of 5 stars
$13.90
+3.7%
$8.40
-39.6%
+52.3%$8.82B$3.31B8.2243,667Positive News
OR
OR Royalties
1.4858 of 5 stars
$25.62
+2.6%
$23.00
-10.2%
+65.3%$4.81B$201.03M150.7130Positive News

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