Reviewing Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Aris Mining (NYSE:ARMN)

Aris Mining (NYSE:ARMN) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Aris Mining and Agnico Eagle Mines, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aris Mining	0	0	0	0	0.00
Agnico Eagle Mines	0	1	6	0	2.86

Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $92.75, suggesting a potential downside of 5.76%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Aris Mining.

Risk and Volatility

Aris Mining has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Aris Mining and Agnico Eagle Mines’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aris Mining	-0.66%	4.97%	2.70%
Agnico Eagle Mines	12.86%	8.88%	6.06%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

35.8% of Aris Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Aris Mining and Agnico Eagle Mines”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aris Mining	$447.67 million	1.54	$11.42 million	($0.02)	-201.00
Agnico Eagle Mines	$6.63 billion	7.46	$1.94 billion	$2.00	49.21

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Aris Mining. Aris Mining 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.

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Aris Mining on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aris Mining

Aris Mining Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of gold properties in Canada, Colombia, and Guyana. It also explores for silver and copper deposits. The company was formerly known as GCM Mining Corp. and changed its name to Aris Mining Corporation in September 2022. Aris Mining Corporation is based in Vancouver, Canada.

About Agnico Eagle Mines

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, a gold mining company, exploration, development, and production of precious metals. It explores for gold. The company's mines are located in Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico, with exploration and development activities in Canada, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Agnico Eagle Mines Limited was incorporated in 1953 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.