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Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) Competitors

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C$159.49 +2.74 (+1.75%)
As of 02:40 PM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Agnico Eagle Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agnico Eagle Mines include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), and Equinox Gold (EQX). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Agnico Eagle Mines vs.

Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) and Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 12.86%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines12.86% 5.05% 3.80%
Wheaton Precious Metals 50.05%8.56%5.35%

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Agnico Eagle Mines received 490 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.48% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes
505
60.48%
Underperform Votes
330
39.52%
Wheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes
15
57.69%
Underperform Votes
11
42.31%

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. Agnico Eagle Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle MinesC$5.52B10.17C$709.54MC$2.8555.77
Wheaton Precious MetalsC$851.18M43.93C$426.03MC$1.9261.36

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 0 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.77 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals Positive

70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by 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.

Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus price target of C$139.67, indicating a potential downside of 12.02%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of C$106.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.11%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.38
Wheaton Precious Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.44

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEM vs. The Competition

MetricAgnico Eagle MinesGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$56.13BC$1.54BC$3.11BC$5.95B
Dividend Yield1.08%5.99%5.08%6.32%
P/E Ratio55.77345.7972.2530.52
Price / Sales10.17203,355,359,290,544,000.0026,914,679,906,482,900.00735.97
Price / Cash36.3922.0524.3683.71
Price / Book3.885.845.234.00
Net IncomeC$709.54MC$8.85MC$154.55MC$301.32M
7 Day Performance8.45%2.19%1.67%1.88%
1 Month Performance-7.09%0.15%4.70%9.19%
1 Year Performance65.86%28.01%15.07%15.31%

Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
2.0054 of 5 stars
C$159.49
+1.7%
C$139.67
-12.4%
+64.2%C$56.39BC$5.52B56.0311,800Dividend Announcement
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
1.8277 of 5 stars
C$110.49
-7.6%
C$106.00
-4.1%
+48.8%C$35.04BC$851.18M57.4940Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ABX
Barrick Gold
4.1451 of 5 stars
C$25.46
-6.0%
C$33.67
+32.2%
+6.9%C$30.94BC$8.51B19.1721,300Analyst Revision
Gap Down
FNV
Franco-Nevada
0.7342 of 5 stars
C$221.93
-5.9%
C$218.67
-1.5%
+31.0%C$30.12BC$769.64M-47.9340Gap Down
IAG
iA Financial
1.5452 of 5 stars
C$136.74
+1.1%
C$139.75
+2.2%
+54.2%C$12.83BC$14.46B13.035,360Insider Trade
AGI
Alamos Gold
2.1039 of 5 stars
C$34.81
-7.7%
C$40.50
+16.3%
+52.8%C$10.30BC$879.15M41.452,400Gap Down
PAAS
Pan American Silver
2.5008 of 5 stars
C$31.89
-15.9%
C$52.50
+64.6%
+12.5%C$8.14BC$1.88B-170.9813,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.7101 of 5 stars
C$31.43
-7.3%
C$32.56
+3.6%
+50.2%C$5.87BC$248.46M-106.7830Positive News
IMG
IAMGOLD
2.9106 of 5 stars
C$8.80
-10.0%
C$10.67
+21.2%
+49.3%C$3.58BC$1.12B4.575,360Gap Down
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$8.60
-4.0%
N/A+16.5%C$2.77BC$1.08B9.127,730High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:AEM) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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