Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AG scored 58.4, AU scored 71.7 — AU leads.
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Different reporting periods. AU's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but AG's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
AG
First Majestic Silver Corp.
Silver · Quality-Growth
58.4
$17.28 · $8.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
13.3
AU leads
AU
AngloGold Ashanti plc
Gold · Quality-Growth
71.7
$94.16 · $47.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestAU12.6x
Fastest growthAG+124.3%
Strongest balance sheetAG0.10
Highest qualityAU91 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueAU-64%
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)
AG
stronger →← stronger
AU
61
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
91
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
66
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
81
AU is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AG
AU
$464mC
FCF
$4.5bB
+124.3%A
Rev
+70.8%A
0.10A-
D/E
0.17B+
24.7xC+
P/E
12.6xA-
5.10D
PEG
0.78A-
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
AG
AU
29% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
64% below
~23%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-9%/yr
-40%
1-yr DCF upside
+110%
-22%
5-yr DCF upside
+174%
+9%
10-yr DCF upside
+311%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AG
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Diluting shareholders
Cyclical growth
AU
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
The companies
AGFirst Majestic Silver Corp.
Silver · $17.28 · beta 2.19
Why now
Silver · market cap $8.5b. Down 46% from 52-week high of $32.04 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +124% — in hypergrowth territory.
Moat
Net margin 17% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
Down 46% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 2.19 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. ROE 7% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
AUAngloGold Ashanti plc
Gold · $94.16 · beta 0.74
Why now
Gold · market cap $47.6b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $129.14 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +71% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.78 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $117.50 (implying +25% upside).
Moat
Net margin 32% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 45% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 117% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Reserve-replacement treadmill — every barrel or ounce extracted has to be replaced through exploration or acquisition; underspending on replacement reserves shows up in production declines 2-3 years out.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where AG and AU diverge
On the headline score the gap is 13.3 points in favor of AU. The widest single difference is Quality, where AU leads by 30.4 points.
QualityAG 60.6 · AU 91.0AU +30.4
ValueAG 65.7 · AU 81.1AU +15.4
GrowthAG 50.0 · AU 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 AU or AG the better stock?
AU scores higher: AU 71.7, AG 58.4 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 AU and AG differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where AU leads by 30 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. AU also leads value, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are AU and AG 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.