NEM vs. AEM, GOLD, WPM, FNV, GFI, APD, NUE, DOW, VALE, and LYB
Should you be buying Newmont stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newmont include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Nucor (NUE), DOW (DOW), Vale (VALE), and LyondellBasell Industries (LYB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Newmont (NYSE:NEM) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 3 more articles in the media than Newmont. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 28 mentions for Newmont. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Newmont's score of 0.69 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
68.9% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held 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.
Newmont has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 6.79% compared to Newmont's net margin of -20.19%. Newmont's return on equity of 6.88% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Newmont pays out -37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Agnico Eagle Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newmont. Newmont is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Newmont currently has a consensus price target of $48.35, indicating a potential upside of 18.92%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $69.63, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Given Newmont's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Newmont is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Newmont received 269 more outperform votes than Agnico Eagle Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.34% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Newmont on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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