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
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) and Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 4 more articles in the media than Barrick Gold. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 4 mentions for Barrick Gold. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.16 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of C$144.60, suggesting a potential downside of 9.04%. Barrick Gold has a consensus price target of C$33.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.75%. Given Barrick Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barrick Gold is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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.
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.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Barrick Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Barrick Gold beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ABX) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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