GFI vs. AU, KGC, PAAS, AGI, HMY, FNV, WPM, 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), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), and Newmont (NEM). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) and Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
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.
AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Fields has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gold Fields had 6 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Gold Fields and 2 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. AngloGold Ashanti's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Gold Fields' score of 0.52 indicating that Gold Fields is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.0% of Gold Fields shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gold Fields has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AngloGold Ashanti.
AngloGold Ashanti currently has a consensus price target of $24.25, suggesting a potential downside of 4.57%. Gold Fields has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential downside of 16.26%. Given Gold Fields' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Gold Fields.
AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Gold Fields has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Gold Fields is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Gold Fields beats AngloGold Ashanti on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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