KGC vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, AU, AGI, HMY, PAAS, OR, and IAG
Should you be buying Kinross Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinross Gold include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and IAMGOLD (IAG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Kinross Gold vs.
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Kinross Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of $124.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.78%. Kinross Gold has a consensus price target of $13.30, indicating a potential downside of 6.37%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Kinross Gold.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 59 more outperform votes than Kinross Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.27% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 58.26% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Kinross Gold. Kinross Gold 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.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 22.88% compared to Kinross Gold's net margin of 18.43%. Kinross Gold's return on equity of 12.65% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 31 more articles in the media than Kinross Gold. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 16 mentions for Kinross Gold. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.94 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinross Gold pays out 15.6% 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.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Kinross Gold on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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