Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AEM scored 66.8, GFI scored 72.6 — GFI leads.
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AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Gold · Quality-Growth
66.8
$189.02 · $95.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.8
GFI leads
GFI
Gold Fields Limited
Gold · Quality-Growth
72.6
$36.82 · $32.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestGFI7.5x
Fastest growthGFI+68.2%
Strongest balance sheetAEM0.01
Highest qualityGFI95 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueGFI-65%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
AEM
stronger →← stronger
GFI
91
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
95
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
65
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
81
GFI is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AEM
GFI
$4.5bB
FCF
$2.8bB
+43.7%A
Rev
+68.2%A
0.01A
D/E
0.29B
16.2xB
P/E
7.5xA
28.15D
PEG
11.59D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
AEM
GFI
25% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
65% below
~4%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-9%/yr
+11%
1-yr DCF upside
+115%
+34%
5-yr DCF upside
+182%
+76%
10-yr DCF upside
+325%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AEM
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
GFI
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
The companies
AEMAgnico Eagle Mines Limited
Gold · $189.02 · beta 0.64
Why now
Gold · market cap $95.7b. Down 26% from 52-week high of $255.24 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +44% — in hypergrowth territory. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $220.32 (implying +17% upside).
Moat
Net margin 40% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 23% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. $95.7b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Hedge-book exposure — many commodity producers hedge forward production; if the hedge book is concentrated at prices well below spot, the upside the market expects is already locked away.
GFIGold Fields Limited
Gold · $36.82 · beta 0.64
Why now
Gold · market cap $32.8b. Down 40% from 52-week high of $61.64 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +68% — in hypergrowth territory. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $48.67 (implying +32% upside).
Moat
Net margin 39% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 59% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. Mining moat is reserve quality + extraction cost per unit — top-quartile cost producers generate cash through the commodity cycle while marginal producers burn it.
Risk
Down 40% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Commodity exposure — earnings power tracks the price of the underlying commodity, not management execution. A 15-20% move in the commodity reprices the equity well before fundamentals catch up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where AEM and GFI diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.8 points in favor of GFI. The widest single difference is Value, where GFI leads by 15.4 points.
ValueAEM 65.3 · GFI 80.7GFI +15.4
QualityAEM 91.3 · GFI 94.8GFI +3.5
GrowthAEM 50.0 · GFI 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is GFI or AEM the better stock?
GFI scores higher: GFI 72.6, AEM 66.8 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do GFI and AEM differ most?
The widest gap is value, where GFI leads by 15 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. GFI also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are GFI and AEM scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.