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Kinross Gold (KGC) Competitors

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$16.01 +0.30 (+1.88%)
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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

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

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
Kinross Gold$5.56B3.51$948.80M$0.9816.33
Royal Gold$719.40M13.96$332.02M$6.0425.27

In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 16 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Kinross Gold and 14 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Kinross Gold's score of 1.12 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kinross Gold
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royal Gold
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kinross Gold presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.46%. Royal Gold has a consensus target price of $192.13, indicating a potential upside of 25.88%. Given Royal Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Kinross Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kinross Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Royal Gold has a net margin of 52.15% compared to Kinross Gold's net margin of 21.74%. Kinross Gold's return on equity of 15.63% beat Royal Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kinross Gold21.74% 15.63% 9.97%
Royal Gold 52.15%12.48%11.52%

Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Kinross Gold pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold pays out 29.8% 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 raised 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.

Kinross Gold has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Summary

Royal Gold beats Kinross 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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KGC vs. The Competition

MetricKinross GoldMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.51B$8.03B$3.28B$21.03B
Dividend Yield0.75%1.48%5.16%3.60%
P/E Ratio16.3346.43129.1227.92
Price / Sales3.5114.9230,017,513,221,171,200.0067.85
Price / Cash9.7221.3523.9023.29
Price / Book2.813.485.944.54
Net Income$948.80M$318.68M$148.55M$993.24M
7 Day Performance-0.98%-3.25%-1.70%-1.51%
1 Month Performance2.41%8.62%5.17%3.16%
1 Year Performance82.93%42.93%28.41%9.14%

Kinross Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.8259 of 5 stars
$16.01
+1.9%
$18.00
+12.5%
+82.7%$19.51B$5.56B16.336,800Positive News
Analyst Revision
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.9058 of 5 stars
$157.48
+1.8%
$192.13
+22.0%
+12.5%$10.37B$719.40M26.0730Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.3297 of 5 stars
$122.69
+4.2%
$136.90
+11.6%
+69.3%$61.69B$8.29B26.1016,968Positive News
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.2516 of 5 stars
$25.74
+3.4%
$30.38
+18.0%
+52.4%$10.82B$1.40B41.512,400
BTG
B2Gold
3.2248 of 5 stars
$3.43
+3.0%
$4.31
+25.7%
+17.1%$4.54B$1.97B-7.154,690
EGO
Eldorado Gold
4.3389 of 5 stars
$20.42
+3.4%
$23.60
+15.6%
+26.7%$4.16B$1.32B12.844,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OR
OR Royalties
2.2582 of 5 stars
$27.84
+1.6%
$24.33
-12.6%
+58.1%$5.24B$191.16M163.7430Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.7513 of 5 stars
$29.49
+5.0%
$31.40
+6.5%
+30.6%$10.67B$2.82B33.909,000News Coverage
Positive News
SAND
Sandstorm Gold
3.3844 of 5 stars
$9.69
+1.2%
$10.15
+4.8%
+67.6%$2.84B$176.28M96.8620
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.0609 of 5 stars
$91.34
+3.4%
$93.00
+1.8%
+59.1%$41.46B$1.28B67.1640Positive News
Analyst Revision
B
Barrick Mining
3.7053 of 5 stars
$21.34
+2.9%
$24.41
+14.4%
+19.6%$36.40B$12.92B16.0426,800High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:KGC) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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