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Franco-Nevada (FNV) Competitors

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C$277.78 -1.75 (-0.63%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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

Franco-Nevada vs. Its Competitors

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

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -57.55%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 5.05% beat Franco-Nevada's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franco-Nevada-57.55% -10.83% -4.57%
Agnico Eagle Mines 12.86%5.05%3.80%

In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 7 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 4 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 0.06 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
Franco-Nevada
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Franco-Nevada currently has a consensus price target of C$240.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.60%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of C$163.33, suggesting a potential downside of 23.04%. Given Franco-Nevada's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franco-Nevada
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Franco-Nevada pays out 36.4% 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. Agnico Eagle Mines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

62.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franco-NevadaC$1.33B40.11-C$442.97MC$4.0768.25
Agnico Eagle MinesC$9.66B11.03C$709.54MC$5.8836.10

Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.534381, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.01787, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Franco-Nevada on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FNV vs. The Competition

MetricFranco-NevadaGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$53.53BC$2.78BC$3.62BC$9.40B
Dividend Yield0.76%5.94%5.06%6.51%
P/E Ratio68.25197.49158.9625.78
Price / Sales40.11412.4016,207.209.40
Price / Cash35.3322.1124.2483.29
Price / Book9.009.616.805.54
Net Income-C$442.97MC$6.39MC$149.32MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.40%3.57%2.18%1.41%
1 Month Performance13.37%17.95%10.30%8.49%
1 Year Performance63.65%70.19%44.99%36.34%

Franco-Nevada Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FNV
Franco-Nevada
1.4695 of 5 stars
C$277.78
-0.6%
C$240.00
-13.6%
+69.7%C$53.53BC$1.33B68.2540News Coverage
Insider Trade
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
1.8069 of 5 stars
C$211.50
-0.7%
C$163.33
-22.8%
+98.1%C$106.25BC$9.66B35.9711,800
ABX
Barrick Gold
1.2721 of 5 stars
C$40.16
+0.2%
C$33.14
-17.5%
+51.5%C$68.51BC$13.82B25.2621,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
1.9671 of 5 stars
C$146.05
-0.3%
C$118.14
-19.1%
+84.6%C$66.30BC$1.66B84.1340Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PAAS
Pan American Silver
1.8106 of 5 stars
C$49.44
+0.1%
C$53.50
+8.2%
+94.6%C$20.86BC$3.12B34.1013,000News Coverage
AGI
Alamos Gold
1.6743 of 5 stars
C$45.17
-0.2%
C$46.21
+2.3%
+77.5%C$18.99BC$1.51B55.092,400
IAG
iA Financial
1.5587 of 5 stars
C$152.98
+1.0%
C$145.88
-4.6%
+49.0%C$14.21BC$4.95B14.285,360News Coverage
Insider Trade
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$13.77
+1.3%
C$11.00
-20.1%
+97.3%C$10.77BC$1.91B-105.927,730News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
1.1354 of 5 stars
C$48.69
+0.7%
C$38.33
-21.3%
+115.5%C$9.16BC$214.00M115.9330News Coverage
IMG
IAMGOLD
1.6051 of 5 stars
C$14.00
+0.5%
C$14.17
+1.2%
+127.9%C$8.05BC$1.97B9.795,360News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume

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