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 large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Kinross Gold pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% 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 increased 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.
In the previous week, Royal Gold had 10 more articles in the media than Kinross Gold. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Royal Gold and 15 mentions for Kinross Gold. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Royal Gold's score of 1.18 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kinross Gold presently has a consensus price target of $20.07, indicating a potential downside of 11.74%. Royal Gold has a consensus price target of $198.63, indicating a potential upside of 4.22%. Given Royal Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Kinross Gold.
63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kinross Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kinross Gold has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Royal Gold has a net margin of 56.24% compared to Kinross Gold's net margin of 25.18%. Kinross Gold's return on equity of 20.04% beat Royal Gold's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Kinross Gold beats Royal 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 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
