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NEM vs. RGLD, AEM, WPM, GOLD, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, AGI, and HMY

Should you be buying Newmont stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newmont include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), and Harmony Gold Mining (HMY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Newmont vs.

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) and Newmont (NYSE:NEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Royal Gold currently has a consensus price target of $178.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.04%. Newmont has a consensus price target of $55.63, indicating a potential upside of 8.10%. Given Newmont's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Newmont is more favorable than Royal Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Gold
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Newmont
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

In the previous week, Newmont had 47 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Newmont and 11 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Newmont's score of 0.93 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Newmont
35 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Royal Gold pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmont pays out 22.4% 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. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Newmont received 170 more outperform votes than Royal Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Royal Gold an outperform vote while only 63.21% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Royal GoldOutperform Votes
763
70.00%
Underperform Votes
327
30.00%
NewmontOutperform Votes
933
63.21%
Underperform Votes
543
36.79%

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Royal Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newmont. Newmont 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$719.40M16.29$332.02M$5.0435.33
Newmont$19.67B2.95-$2.49B$4.4611.54

Royal Gold has a net margin of 46.15% compared to Newmont's net margin of 17.92%. Newmont's return on equity of 13.52% beat Royal Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Gold46.15% 11.46% 10.44%
Newmont 17.92%13.52%7.16%

Summary

Royal Gold beats Newmont on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NEM vs. The Competition

MetricNewmontGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$58.04B$4.63B$3.02B$18.97B
Dividend Yield1.85%2.04%5.18%4.02%
P/E Ratio17.5725.0875.6932.98
Price / Sales2.959.8524,272,056,611,889,800.0028.04
Price / Cash15.9821.1124.3217.52
Price / Book2.033.165.154.49
Net Income-$2.49B$36.57M$155.11M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-7.67%-3.05%-0.32%0.94%
1 Month Performance6.57%4.23%1.82%-2.42%
1 Year Performance26.82%37.93%16.72%4.78%

Newmont Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEM
Newmont
4.55 of 5 stars
$51.46
-2.3%
$55.63
+8.1%
+29.7%$58.04B$19.67B17.5732,400Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
RGLD
Royal Gold
3.6654 of 5 stars
$180.00
+0.6%
$178.00
-1.1%
+52.1%$11.85B$719.40M35.7330Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.4589 of 5 stars
$118.13
-0.3%
$124.40
+5.3%
+85.5%$59.45B$8.29B31.2511,800Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.0064 of 5 stars
$81.37
-0.3%
$83.40
+2.5%
+60.2%$36.92B$1.28B60.7340Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up
GOLD
Barrick Gold
4.5406 of 5 stars
$19.21
+0.8%
$24.05
+25.2%
+14.5%$33.02B$12.92B15.6124,600Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
FNV
Franco-Nevada
2.9506 of 5 stars
$169.03
-0.6%
$162.25
-4.0%
+42.7%$32.56B$1.11B-53.5140Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
GFI
Gold Fields
2.982 of 5 stars
$22.07
+1.2%
$18.56
-15.9%
+39.3%$19.75B$5.20B9.392,610Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.3773 of 5 stars
$14.68
+1.3%
$13.30
-9.4%
+129.2%$18.06B$5.15B19.0637,369Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.1725 of 5 stars
$40.93
+3.4%
$41.00
+0.2%
+83.2%$17.18B$5.79B12.7912,227Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Down
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.0591 of 5 stars
$28.19
+0.8%
$30.38
+7.8%
+93.9%$11.85B$1.35B40.853,310Earnings Report
Options Volume
Gap Down
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.3123 of 5 stars
$15.45
+0.4%
$8.40
-45.6%
+85.9%$9.81B$67.11B9.1447,400Gap Down

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