Barrick Gold (ABX) Competitors

Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) and Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AEM or ABX?

70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AEM or ABX a better dividend stock?

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barrick Gold pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, AEM or ABX?

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AEM or ABX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines	C$5.52B	12.27	C$709.54M	C$2.85	67.26
Barrick Gold	C$8.51B	5.17	C$1.12B	C$1.33	27.25

Does the media prefer AEM or ABX?

In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Barrick Gold and 4 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Barrick Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.05 indicating that Barrick Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Barrick Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AEM or ABX more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines	12.86%	5.05%	3.80%
Barrick Gold	13.19%	6.90%	4.00%

Do analysts rate AEM or ABX?

Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus price target of C$163.33, suggesting a potential downside of 14.68%. Barrick Gold has a consensus price target of C$33.14, suggesting a potential downside of 8.42%. Given Barrick Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agnico Eagle Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Barrick Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Barrick Gold beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.