Kinross Gold (KGC) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate RGLD or KGC?

Royal Gold presently has a consensus price target of $198.63, indicating a potential downside of 2.43%. Kinross Gold has a consensus price target of $21.07, indicating a potential downside of 16.88%. Given Royal Gold's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Kinross Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royal Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Kinross Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RGLD or KGC?

83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Kinross Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RGLD or KGC more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royal Gold	56.24%	13.30%	12.32%
Kinross Gold	25.18%	20.04%	13.11%

Which has more risk and volatility, RGLD or KGC?

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinross Gold has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, RGLD or KGC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royal Gold	$719.40M	18.63	$332.02M	$6.82	29.85
Kinross Gold	$5.15B	5.97	$948.80M	$1.24	20.44

Does the media favor RGLD or KGC?

In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 4 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Kinross Gold and 12 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Kinross Gold's score of 0.79 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Kinross Gold	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RGLD or KGC a better dividend stock?

Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinross Gold pays out 9.7% 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.

Summary

Kinross Gold beats Royal Gold on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.