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Iamgold (IAG) Competitors

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IAG vs. RGLD, AEM, AGI, EGO, KGC, OR, PAAS, SA, WPM, and EQX

Should you be buying Iamgold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iamgold include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Kinross Gold (KGC), OR Royalties (OR), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Equinox Gold (EQX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Iamgold vs. Its Competitors

Iamgold (NYSE:IAG) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Iamgold has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

47.1% of Iamgold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Iamgold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are held 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.

Royal Gold has a net margin of 56.24% compared to Iamgold's net margin of 40.61%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 13.30% beat Iamgold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Iamgold40.61% 8.54% 5.37%
Royal Gold 56.24%13.30%12.32%

Iamgold has higher revenue and earnings than Royal Gold. Iamgold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Iamgold$1.63B4.68$819.60M$1.399.56
Royal Gold$719.40M18.04$332.02M$6.8228.91

Iamgold currently has a consensus target price of $10.13, indicating a potential downside of 23.75%. Royal Gold has a consensus target price of $198.63, indicating a potential upside of 0.76%. Given Royal Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Iamgold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Iamgold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 8 more articles in the media than Iamgold. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Royal Gold and 4 mentions for Iamgold. Iamgold's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Royal Gold's score of 0.96 indicating that Iamgold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Iamgold
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royal Gold
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Royal Gold beats Iamgold on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IAG vs. The Competition

MetricIamgoldMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.67B$11.11B$3.76B$21.92B
Dividend YieldN/A1.30%5.05%3.56%
P/E Ratio9.6030.47157.6829.61
Price / Sales4.6820.6123,057.6399.18
Price / Cash13.2931.3924.3618.33
Price / Book2.235.157.104.60
Net Income$819.60M$318.11M$149.02M$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.75%4.72%3.02%0.11%
1 Month Performance34.00%21.22%12.77%2.22%
1 Year Performance193.59%105.38%63.54%13.68%

Iamgold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IAG
Iamgold
3.9107 of 5 stars
$13.29
-3.2%
$10.13
-23.7%
+172.2%$7.67B$1.63B9.604,391Positive News
RGLD
Royal Gold
3.8247 of 5 stars
$198.50
+0.9%
$198.63
+0.1%
+46.5%$13.07B$719.40M29.1130
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.6467 of 5 stars
$167.03
+2.2%
$141.40
-15.3%
+116.3%$83.98B$8.29B28.4116,968
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.4693 of 5 stars
$34.66
+1.4%
$30.38
-12.4%
+77.3%$14.57B$1.35B41.752,400
EGO
Eldorado Gold
3.451 of 5 stars
$28.46
-1.4%
$23.60
-17.1%
+73.0%$5.79B$1.32B14.304,800
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.1458 of 5 stars
$24.38
+1.1%
$21.07
-13.6%
+169.1%$29.56B$5.15B19.666,800
OR
OR Royalties
3.1953 of 5 stars
$39.27
+2.2%
$27.25
-30.6%
+117.1%$7.39B$191.16M106.1430Analyst Upgrade
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.5508 of 5 stars
$38.81
+1.2%
$32.20
-17.0%
+86.1%$16.38B$2.82B26.779,000Positive News
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.0429 of 5 stars
$23.67
+8.1%
N/A+47.5%$2.42BN/A-62.2940High Trading Volume
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.0292 of 5 stars
$110.71
+1.5%
$106.11
-4.2%
+82.2%$50.26B$1.28B63.9940Positive News
Analyst Revision
EQX
Equinox Gold
3.7693 of 5 stars
$11.34
+5.1%
$26.00
+129.3%
N/A$8.88B$1.51B-188.973,692Positive News

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This page (NYSE:IAG) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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