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 companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has better earnings & 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	14.64	$332.02M	$6.04	26.48
Kinross Gold	$5.15B	3.71	$948.80M	$0.98	15.87

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 1.1%. Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Royal Gold pays out 29.8% 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. 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.

Do analysts recommend RGLD or KGC?

Royal Gold currently has a consensus target price of $192.13, suggesting a potential upside of 20.11%. Kinross Gold has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.32%. Given Royal Gold's higher probable upside, equities 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Kinross Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, RGLD or KGC?

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RGLD or KGC?

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RGLD or KGC more profitable?

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
Royal Gold	52.15%	12.48%	11.52%
Kinross Gold	21.74%	15.63%	9.97%

Does the media refer more to RGLD or KGC?

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 15 more articles in the media than Kinross Gold. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Royal Gold and 12 mentions for Kinross Gold. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Royal Gold's score of 0.70 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)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kinross Gold	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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