KGC vs. RGLD, AEM, AGI, BTG, EGO, OR, PAAS, SAND, WPM, and B
Should you be buying Kinross Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinross Gold include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), OR Royalties (OR), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Barrick Mining (B). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Kinross Gold vs. Its Competitors
Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Kinross Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Royal Gold. Kinross Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 16 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Kinross Gold and 14 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Kinross Gold's score of 1.12 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kinross Gold presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.46%. Royal Gold has a consensus target price of $192.13, indicating a potential upside of 25.88%. Given Royal Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Kinross Gold.
Royal Gold has a net margin of 52.15% compared to Kinross Gold's net margin of 21.74%. Kinross Gold's return on equity of 15.63% beat Royal Gold's return on equity.
Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Kinross Gold pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold pays out 29.8% 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. Royal Gold has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Royal Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Kinross Gold has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kinross Gold 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Royal Gold beats Kinross Gold on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:KGC) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
