FNV vs. AEM, ABX, WPM, AGI, IAG, OR, EQX, NG, SVM, and PPTA
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), Alamos Gold (AGI), iA Financial (IAG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Equinox Gold (EQX), NovaGold Resources (NG), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), and Perpetua Resources (PPTA). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Franco-Nevada (TSE:FNV) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of C$1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Franco-Nevada pays out -57.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 199.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
82.0% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 9 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 13 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.50 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 188 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.39% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 6.79% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -39.96%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 2.39% beat Franco-Nevada's return on equity.
Franco-Nevada currently has a consensus price target of C$192.18, indicating a potential upside of 11.44%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of C$105.14, indicating a potential upside of 3.55%. Given Franco-Nevada's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada 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.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Franco-Nevada on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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