Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. IAG scored 70.6, B scored 70.3 — IAG leads.
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Different reporting periods. IAG'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.
IAG
IAMGOLD Corporation
Gold · Quality-Growth
70.6
$18.80 · $10.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
0.3
IAG leads
B
Barrick Mining Corporation
Gold · Quality-Growth
70.3
$41.06 · $67.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestIAG9.5x
Fastest growthIAG+74.7%
Strongest balance sheetIAG0.12
Highest qualityB90 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueIAG-53%
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)
IAG
stronger →← stronger
B
85
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
90
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
83
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
77
IAG and B split the three pillars evenly.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
IAG
B
$1.6bC+
FCF
$3.9bB
+74.7%A
Rev
+31.2%A
0.12A-
D/E
0.13A-
9.5xA-
P/E
10.3xA-
13.52D
PEG
2.04C
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
IAG
B
53% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
17% below
~-5%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~10%/yr
+66%
1-yr DCF upside
-8%
+113%
5-yr DCF upside
+20%
+199%
10-yr DCF upside
+75%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
IAG
Why this score
Durable high returns
Diluting shareholders
Cyclical growth
B
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
The companies
IAGIAMGOLD Corporation
Gold · $18.80 · beta 2.35
Why now
Gold · market cap $10.7b. Down 24% from 52-week high of $24.87 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +75% — in hypergrowth territory. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $24.33 (implying +29% upside).
Moat
Net margin 31% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 32% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 139% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Beta 2.35 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Production-cost sensitivity — top-quartile cost producers generate cash through the cycle while marginal producers burn it; watch the cost-per-unit trend, not just headline revenue.
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.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where IAG and B diverge
The two are effectively level on the headline score. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueIAG 82.6 · B 77.1IAG +5.5
QualityIAG 85.3 · B 90.1B +4.8
GrowthIAG 50.0 · B 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 IAG or B the better stock?
IAG scores higher: IAG 70.6, 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 IAG and B differ most?
The widest gap is value, where IAG leads by 6 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are IAG 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.