GFI vs. AU, KGC, FNV, PAAS, WPM, AGI, HMY, GOLD, AEM, and NEM
Should you be buying Gold Fields stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gold Fields include AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), and Newmont (NEM). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%.
26.0% of Gold Fields shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gold Fields has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AngloGold Ashanti.
Gold Fields currently has a consensus target price of $13.67, suggesting a potential downside of 22.04%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus target price of $24.25, suggesting a potential upside of 1.68%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Gold Fields.
AngloGold Ashanti received 258 more outperform votes than Gold Fields when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.42% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote while only 54.30% of users gave Gold Fields an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gold Fields and Gold Fields both had 5 articles in the media. Gold Fields' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.60 indicating that Gold Fields is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gold Fields has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AngloGold Ashanti beats Gold Fields on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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