KGC vs. AEM, GOLD, WPM, FNV, GFI, AU, PAAS, AGI, HMY, and BTG
Should you be buying Kinross Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinross Gold include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), and B2Gold (BTG). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Kinross Gold. Kinross Gold 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.
Kinross Gold has a net margin of 9.86% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 6.79%. Kinross Gold's return on equity of 9.34% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 10 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Kinross Gold and 16 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Kinross Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.55 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 54 more outperform votes than Kinross Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.87% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote.
Kinross Gold currently has a consensus target price of $7.59, indicating a potential downside of 6.61%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $72.22, indicating a potential upside of 5.88%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Kinross Gold.
63.7% of Kinross Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Kinross Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Kinross Gold pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Kinross Gold on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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