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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

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

Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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.

Royal Gold currently has a consensus price target of $214.11, suggesting a potential upside of 16.63%. Kinross Gold has a consensus price target of $25.69, suggesting a potential upside of 9.24%. Given Royal Gold's higher probable 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
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Kinross Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

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.

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 Gold56.24% 13.30% 12.32%
Kinross Gold 25.18%20.04%13.11%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Gold$719.40M16.80$332.02M$6.8226.92
Kinross Gold$5.15B5.54$948.80M$1.2418.96

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

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 18 more articles in the media than Kinross Gold. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Royal Gold and 17 mentions for Kinross Gold. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Royal Gold's score of 0.99 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Gold
12 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kinross Gold
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Kinross Gold beats Royal Gold on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KGC vs. The Competition

MetricKinross GoldMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.97B$10.97B$3.68B$21.97B
Dividend Yield0.52%1.35%5.06%3.62%
P/E Ratio18.9628.8021.2332.44
Price / Sales5.5419.5921,082.9879.67
Price / Cash14.2829.7126.3124.33
Price / Book4.135.296.954.60
Net Income$948.80M$318.11M$148.62M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-14.74%-12.60%-4.61%0.53%
1 Month Performance-3.87%2.91%5.54%-0.49%
1 Year Performance119.56%84.04%51.62%11.60%

Kinross Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.4715 of 5 stars
$23.52
+1.9%
$25.69
+9.2%
+119.6%$27.97B$5.15B18.966,800Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.4801 of 5 stars
$199.47
+2.6%
$203.00
+1.8%
+19.0%$13.13B$799.48M29.2530Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.2296 of 5 stars
$172.11
+4.7%
$162.10
-5.8%
+85.6%$86.54B$9.66B29.2716,968Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.8137 of 5 stars
$34.78
+5.2%
$31.17
-10.4%
+48.9%$14.63B$1.35B41.912,400Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
BTG
B2Gold
3.3371 of 5 stars
$5.31
+4.5%
$6.25
+17.7%
+50.1%$7.03B$2.17B-11.064,690Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
EGO
Eldorado Gold
3.8694 of 5 stars
$28.75
+4.2%
$26.40
-8.2%
+40.4%$5.84B$1.58B14.454,800News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
OR
OR Royalties
2.3988 of 5 stars
$38.83
+3.1%
$33.00
-15.0%
+64.2%$7.31B$214.00M104.9530Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.2953 of 5 stars
$40.82
+6.0%
$38.50
-5.7%
+38.7%$17.23B$3.12B28.159,000Options Volume
Gap Down
SAND
Sandstorm Gold
1.6235 of 5 stars
$12.47
+2.9%
$10.15
-18.6%
+87.4%$3.68B$193.59M103.8820Short Interest ↑
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.7899 of 5 stars
$109.07
+3.4%
$114.50
+5.0%
+41.7%$49.51B$1.66B63.0540Positive News
Analyst Revision
B
Barrick Mining
4.8566 of 5 stars
$33.39
+2.0%
$38.10
+14.1%
+48.6%$56.86B$12.92B21.0026,800Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down

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