KGC vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, AU, AGI, HMY, PAAS, OR, and BTG
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 B2Gold (BTG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Kinross Gold vs. Its Competitors
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 58 more outperform votes than Kinross Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote.
Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus price target of $127.40, indicating a potential upside of 7.26%. Kinross Gold has a consensus price target of $15.40, indicating a potential upside of 0.99%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Kinross Gold.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinross Gold has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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 12.2% 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.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 10 more articles in the media than Kinross Gold. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 7 mentions for Kinross Gold. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Kinross Gold's score of 0.57 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Kinross Gold on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KGC) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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