FNV vs. AEM, NGT, NTR, IMO, ABX, CVE, WPM, TECK.B, SU, and TRP
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Newmont (NGT), Nutrien (NTR), Imperial Oil (IMO), Barrick Gold (ABX), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Teck Resources (TECK.B), Suncor Energy (SU), and TC Energy (TRP). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Franco-Nevada vs.
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) and Franco-Nevada (TSE:FNV) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
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.
Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of C$79.31, indicating a potential upside of 12.70%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus target price of C$211.44, indicating a potential upside of 5.06%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Franco-Nevada.
Franco-Nevada has a net margin of 53.96% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 39.97%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 13.14% beat Franco-Nevada's return on equity.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 190 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.42% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 48.60% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
67.0% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 1 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 1 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 0.35 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of C$1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada pays out 38.7% 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.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Franco-Nevada on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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