KGC vs. FNV, GFI, AU, BTG, OR, SAND, FSM, CGAU, SILV, and EXK
Should you be buying Kinross Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinross Gold include Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), B2Gold (BTG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Centerra Gold (CGAU), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), and Endeavour Silver (EXK). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) and Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Kinross Gold has a net margin of 9.86% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -39.88%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.81% beat Kinross Gold's return on equity.
Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Kinross Gold pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada pays out -57.8% 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.
In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 14 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Kinross Gold and 16 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 0.68 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kinross Gold received 189 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.68% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote while only 55.14% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kinross Gold presently has a consensus price target of $8.57, indicating a potential downside of 0.56%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus price target of $152.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.22%. Given Franco-Nevada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Kinross Gold.
63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kinross Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kinross Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinross Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kinross Gold beats Franco-Nevada on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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