AU vs. AEM, GOLD, WPM, FNV, GFI, KGC, PAAS, AGI, HMY, and SBSW
Should you be buying AngloGold Ashanti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AngloGold Ashanti include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), and Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of $72.22, indicating a potential upside of 5.30%. AngloGold Ashanti has a consensus target price of $24.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.36%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than AngloGold Ashanti.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 198 more outperform votes than AngloGold Ashanti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.87% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 9 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 12 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.54 indicating that AngloGold Ashanti is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 6.79% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 0.00%. AngloGold Ashanti's return on equity of 6.09% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 168.4% 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 higher revenue and earnings than AngloGold Ashanti.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats AngloGold Ashanti on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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