Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. B scored 70.3, GFI scored 72.6 — GFI leads.
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Different reporting periods. GFI's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but B'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.
B
Barrick Mining Corporation
Gold · Quality-Growth
70.3
$41.06 · $67.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
2.3
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 sheetB0.13
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)
B
stronger →← stronger
GFI
90
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
95
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
77
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
81
GFI is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
B
GFI
$3.9bB
FCF
$2.8bB
+31.2%A
Rev
+68.2%A
0.13A-
D/E
0.29B
10.3xA-
P/E
7.5xA
2.04C
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
B
GFI
17% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
65% below
~10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-9%/yr
-8%
1-yr DCF upside
+115%
+20%
5-yr DCF upside
+182%
+75%
10-yr DCF upside
+325%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
B
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
GFI
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
The companies
BBarrick Mining Corporation
Gold · $41.06 · beta 1.14
Why now
Gold · market cap $67.6b. Down 25% from 52-week high of $54.69 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +31% — in hypergrowth territory. 16 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $51.70 (implying +26% upside).
Moat
Net margin 42% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. $67.6b 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
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.
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
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Where B and GFI diverge
On the headline score the gap is 2.3 points in favor of GFI. The widest single difference is Quality, where GFI leads by 4.7 points.
QualityB 90.1 · GFI 94.8GFI +4.7
ValueB 77.1 · GFI 80.7GFI +3.6
GrowthB 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 B the better stock?
GFI scores higher: GFI 72.6, B 70.3 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 B differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where GFI leads by 5 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. GFI also leads value, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are GFI and B 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.