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

Which has more risk and volatility, RGLD or KGC?

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	15.39	$332.02M	$6.04	27.85
Kinross Gold	$5.15B	3.83	$948.80M	$0.98	16.39

Do analysts recommend RGLD or KGC?

Royal Gold presently has a consensus target price of $192.13, indicating a potential upside of 14.20%. Kinross Gold has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.85%. Given Royal Gold's higher possible upside, 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Kinross Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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 favor RGLD or KGC?

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Kinross Gold. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Royal Gold and 15 mentions for Kinross Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Kinross Gold's score of 1.08 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kinross Gold	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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 0.7%. 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.

Summary

Royal Gold beats Kinross Gold on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.