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Barrick Gold (ABX) Competitors

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C$31.77 +0.50 (+1.60%)
As of 08/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

ABX vs. AEM, WPM, FNV, IAG, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, and AG

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), iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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

Barrick Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$33.14, indicating a potential upside of 4.32%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of C$163.33, indicating a potential downside of 12.48%. Given Barrick Gold's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barrick Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

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

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 14 more articles in the media than Barrick Gold. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 2 mentions for Barrick Gold. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.10 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Barrick Gold13.19% 6.90% 4.00%
Agnico Eagle Mines 12.86%5.05%3.80%

Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Barrick Gold pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barrick GoldC$8.51B4.54C$1.12BC$1.3323.92
Agnico Eagle MinesC$5.52B11.96C$709.54MC$2.8565.57

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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ABX vs. The Competition

MetricBarrick GoldGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$38.61BC$1.94BC$3.26BC$6.34B
Dividend Yield2.11%6.07%5.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio23.92453.56106.6363.73
Price / Sales4.54268,076,052,301,618,000.0035,179,415,502,019,900.001,647.33
Price / Cash7.2322.1123.9283.29
Price / Book1.707.725.994.89
Net IncomeC$1.12BC$6.39MC$148.72MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance7.80%3.48%3.31%1.73%
1 Month Performance12.06%6.06%4.14%2.04%
1 Year Performance33.43%60.16%36.45%30.64%

Barrick Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABX
Barrick Gold
1.2098 of 5 stars
C$31.77
+1.6%
C$33.14
+4.3%
+37.4%C$38.61BC$8.51B23.9221,300
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
1.6015 of 5 stars
C$172.74
+0.4%
C$163.33
-5.4%
+87.9%C$61.08BC$5.52B60.6911,800
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
1.4553 of 5 stars
C$127.06
+0.3%
C$110.86
-12.8%
+86.8%C$40.29BC$851.18M66.1140News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
FNV
Franco-Nevada
0.7727 of 5 stars
C$222.95
+1.0%
C$237.00
+6.3%
+45.0%C$30.25BC$769.64M-48.1540
IAG
iA Financial
2.4395 of 5 stars
C$135.34
-0.2%
C$141.00
+4.2%
+53.2%C$12.70BC$14.46B12.895,360News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AGI
Alamos Gold
1.985 of 5 stars
C$34.24
+1.7%
C$44.45
+29.8%
+58.2%C$10.13BC$879.15M40.772,400
PAAS
Pan American Silver
1.5408 of 5 stars
C$37.28
-0.4%
C$52.50
+40.8%
+61.5%C$9.52BC$1.88B-199.8813,000
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.5588 of 5 stars
C$38.53
+0.4%
C$35.50
-7.9%
+90.0%C$7.20BC$248.46M-130.9030News Coverage
Analyst Revision
IMG
IAMGOLD
3.5766 of 5 stars
C$9.46
+1.1%
C$13.50
+42.7%
+115.0%C$3.84BC$1.12B4.915,360
AG
First Majestic Silver
1.2506 of 5 stars
C$10.82
-1.8%
C$7.25
-33.0%
N/AC$3.66BC$621.80M-28.055,290Analyst Upgrade

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This page (TSE:ABX) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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