NEM vs. RGLD, AEM, WPM, FNV, GFI, AU, KGC, AGI, HMY, and PAAS
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), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), and Pan American Silver (PAAS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Newmont vs.
Newmont (NYSE:NEM) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) 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, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
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.
In the previous week, Royal Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Newmont. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Royal Gold and 25 mentions for Newmont. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Newmont's score of 1.25 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Newmont currently has a consensus target price of $56.52, indicating a potential upside of 7.32%. Royal Gold has a consensus target price of $183.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.84%. Given Newmont's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Newmont is more favorable than Royal Gold.
Royal Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Newmont pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold pays out 29.8% 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. 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, 69.94% of users gave Royal Gold an outperform vote while only 63.21% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote.
68.8% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Newmont has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Royal Gold beats Newmont on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NEM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
