HMY vs. FNV, GFI, AU, KGC, AGI, PAAS, OR, BTG, IAG, and EGO
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), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), OR Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTG), Iamgold (IAG), and Eldorado Gold (EGO). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Harmony Gold Mining vs. Its Competitors
Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) and Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Franco-Nevada has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Harmony Gold Mining. 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.
77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harmony Gold Mining has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 12 more articles in the media than Harmony Gold Mining. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 2 mentions for Harmony Gold Mining. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Harmony Gold Mining's score of 1.12 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franco-Nevada has a net margin of 50.39% compared to Harmony Gold Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 11.40% beat Harmony Gold Mining's return on equity.
Franco-Nevada presently has a consensus price target of $172.13, suggesting a potential upside of 3.98%. Harmony Gold Mining has a consensus price target of $8.40, suggesting a potential downside of 41.57%. Given Franco-Nevada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Harmony Gold Mining.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Harmony Gold Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Franco-Nevada pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Harmony Gold Mining pays out 11.2% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Harmony Gold Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Franco-Nevada beats Harmony Gold Mining on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HMY) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
