HMY vs. FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, PAAS, AGI, OR, IAG, BTG, and AG
Should you be buying Harmony Gold Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harmony Gold Mining include Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), OR Royalties (OR), Iamgold (IAG), B2Gold (BTG), and First Majestic Silver (AG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Harmony Gold Mining vs. Its Competitors
Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) and Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
31.8% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned 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.
Harmony Gold Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Franco-Nevada. Harmony Gold Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franco-Nevada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Harmony Gold Mining has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Franco-Nevada has a net margin of 58.82% compared to Harmony Gold Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 12.56% beat Harmony Gold Mining's return on equity.
In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 10 more articles in the media than Harmony Gold Mining. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 3 mentions for Harmony Gold Mining. Harmony Gold Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 0.52 indicating that Harmony Gold Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Harmony Gold Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Harmony Gold Mining pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada pays out 37.3% 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. Franco-Nevada has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Harmony Gold Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Harmony Gold Mining currently has a consensus target price of $12.20, indicating a potential downside of 32.80%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus target price of $194.57, indicating a potential downside of 11.78%. Given Franco-Nevada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Harmony Gold Mining.
Summary
Franco-Nevada beats Harmony Gold Mining on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HMY) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff