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KGC vs. RGLD, AEM, AGI, BTG, EGO, OR, PAAS, WPM, EQX, 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), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Equinox Gold (EQX), 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 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.

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$719.40M14.64$332.02M$6.0426.48
Kinross Gold$5.15B3.71$948.80M$0.9815.87

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.

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

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.

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.

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 Gold52.15% 12.48% 11.52%
Kinross Gold 21.74%15.63%9.97%

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.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KGC vs. The Competition

MetricKinross GoldMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.08B$8.08B$3.30B$20.64B
Dividend Yield0.77%1.49%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio15.8744.9292.7527.83
Price / Sales3.7115.2331,167,046,552,241,600.0042.25
Price / Cash9.6220.8723.8922.32
Price / Book2.733.646.064.57
Net Income$948.80M$318.68M$147.90M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-1.83%2.34%2.30%0.20%
1 Month Performance-1.49%3.31%6.05%5.53%
1 Year Performance68.84%39.07%26.47%10.30%

Kinross Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.5796 of 5 stars
$15.55
+1.4%
$17.00
+9.3%
+68.8%$19.08B$5.15B15.876,800Positive News
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.4949 of 5 stars
$168.24
-6.4%
$192.13
+14.2%
+17.4%$11.07B$763.93M27.8530News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.6823 of 5 stars
$122.18
+1.8%
$130.50
+6.8%
+59.5%$61.50B$8.29B26.0016,968
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.3716 of 5 stars
$27.74
+2.8%
$30.38
+9.5%
+50.9%$11.66B$1.35B44.742,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
BTG
B2Gold
1.8593 of 5 stars
$3.68
+0.5%
$4.21
+14.5%
+14.8%$4.86B$1.97B-7.674,690
EGO
Eldorado Gold
3.707 of 5 stars
$20.86
+0.4%
$21.70
+4.0%
+23.7%$4.28B$1.32B13.124,800News Coverage
OR
OR Royalties
1.8636 of 5 stars
$27.25
+4.7%
$23.00
-15.6%
+61.9%$5.12B$191.16M160.2930News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.095 of 5 stars
$29.35
+0.5%
$30.60
+4.3%
+27.8%$10.62B$2.82B33.749,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.4822 of 5 stars
$92.62
+2.3%
$93.00
+0.4%
+52.8%$42.04B$1.28B68.1040Positive News
EQX
Equinox Gold
4.3877 of 5 stars
$5.90
+1.7%
$35.00
+493.2%
+4.0%$4.46B$1.51B11.803,692News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
B
Barrick Mining
3.5911 of 5 stars
$21.61
+0.7%
$24.05
+11.3%
+14.6%$37.05B$12.92B16.2526,800Trending News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:KGC) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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