FNV vs. AEM, WPM, ABX, IAG, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, and AG
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), 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.
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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
Franco-Nevada presently has a consensus target price of C$237.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.53%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of C$152.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.31%. Given Franco-Nevada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% 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.
77.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of C$1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Franco-Nevada pays out -41.9% 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.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 1 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 1 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.09 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Franco-Nevada on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:FNV) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
