AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED vs AngloGold Ashanti plc, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Two gold miners at the top of the same price cycle, and the margins nearly rhyme: Agnico Eagle nets 37.5% of revenue, AngloGold Ashanti 32.1%, both printing what a strong gold tape does to disciplined cost bases. The returns split wider, 32% on equity at AngloGold against 18%, and the free-cash yields wider still, 11.5% against 5.6%, the South African-rooted operator converting the cycle to cash at double the pace. The market pays a two-turn premium for Agnico anyway, 17.7 against 15.7 times, jurisdiction pricing at work: Canadian-Finnish-Australian pits against a portfolio history the market still surcharges. Both are debt-free. Same metal, same cycle; the discount is geography wearing a P/E.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | AEM | AU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $157.18 | $81.56 |
| Market cap | $78.9B | $41.5B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | 17.7 | 15.7 |
| P/B | 3.19 | 4.18 |
| P/S | 6.63 | 4.19 |
| Revenue growth | +33.1% | +27.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 49.2% |
| Net margin | 37.5% | 32.1% |
| Return on equity | 18.0% | 32.0% |
| Return on assets | 12.9% | 21.1% |
| FCF yield | 5.6% | 11.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.02 | 2.87 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.52 | 5.72 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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