Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AU scored 71.7, KGC scored 68.2 — AU leads.
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Different reporting periods. AU's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but KGC'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.
AU
AngloGold Ashanti plc
Gold · Quality-Growth
71.7
$94.16 · $47.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
3.5
AU leads
KGC
Kinross Gold Corporation
Gold · Quality-Growth
68.2
$23.74 · $28.2B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestKGC8.9x
Fastest growthAU+70.8%
Strongest balance sheetKGC0.08
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)
AU
stronger →← stronger
KGC
91
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
91
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
81
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
70
AU is stronger on 1 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AU
KGC
$4.5bB
FCF
$2.6bB
+70.8%A
Rev
+36.9%A
0.17B+
D/E
0.08A-
12.6xA-
P/E
8.9xA-
0.78A-
PEG
1.12B+
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
AU
KGC
64% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
13% below
~-9%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~5%/yr
+110%
1-yr DCF upside
+4%
+174%
5-yr DCF upside
+15%
+311%
10-yr DCF upside
+32%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AU
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
KGC
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
The companies
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.
KGCKinross Gold Corporation
Gold · $23.74 · beta 1.52
Why now
Gold · market cap $28.2b. Down 39% from 52-week high of $39.11 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +37% — in hypergrowth territory. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $33.85 (implying +43% upside).
Moat
Net margin 35% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 28% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 104% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 39% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.52 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. 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
AU leads KGC by 0.5 points (68.6 to 68.1), its sharpest advantage coming in PEG (grade A-). A contrarian could still prefer KGC, which trades about 10% below our DCF fair value — a margin of safety the score doesn't reward. Note they play different roles — AU screens as value, KGC screens as growth — so the model rewards different traits for each.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where AU and KGC diverge
On the headline score the gap is 3.5 points in favor of AU. The widest single difference is Value, where AU leads by 11.1 points.
ValueAU 81.1 · KGC 70.0AU +11.1
QualityAU 91.0 · KGC 90.7level
GrowthAU 50.0 · KGC 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 KGC the better stock?
AU scores higher: AU 71.7, KGC 68.2 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 KGC differ most?
The widest gap is value, where AU leads by 11 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. The other two pillars are close enough to call level, so this is the one place they genuinely separate.
How are AU and KGC 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.