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Should you be buying Barrick Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barrick Gold include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), iA Financial (IAG), Equinox Gold (EQX), IAMGOLD (IMG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and First Majestic Silver (AG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Barrick Gold vs. Its Competitors
Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Barrick Gold has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 12.86%. Barrick Gold's return on equity of 6.90% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 3 more articles in the media than Barrick Gold. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 4 mentions for Barrick Gold. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.33 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barrick Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Agnico Eagle Mines. Barrick Gold 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.
Barrick Gold has a beta of 1.064128, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.238074, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
52.3% of Barrick Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.8% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Barrick Gold pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 27.2% 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. Barrick Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Barrick Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$37.33, indicating a potential downside of 21.10%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of C$163.33, indicating a potential downside of 30.99%. Given Barrick Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Summary
Barrick Gold beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:ABX) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
