AGI vs AU vs MEOH Stock Comparison

Alamos Gold, AngloGold Ashanti and Methanex Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AGI Alamos Gold Inc
$28.83 -12.8% 1M -9.5% 1Y
Market cap
$11.45B
P/E
10.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.28B
Div. yield
–
Gold Basic Materials
2 wins
AU AngloGold Ashanti PLC
$85.06 -10.1% 1M +26.4% 1Y
Market cap
$40.19B
P/E
10.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.83B
Div. yield
–
Gold Basic Materials
5 wins
MEOH Methanex Corp
$62.76 +5.6% 1M +84.6% 1Y
Market cap
$5.15B
P/E
14.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.73B
Div. yield
–
Commodity Chemicals Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

AngloGold Ashanti leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (AngloGold Ashanti 5, Methanex 4, Alamos Gold 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAGIAUMEOHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.45B $40.19B $5.15B AU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.8x 10.6x 14.3x AU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.9x 10.0x 5.8x MEOH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +41.5% +54.6% +32.4% AU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 46.7% 32.2% 7.6% AGI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 25.6% 40.5% 18.6% AU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.3x — 0.8x AGI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.5% +26.4% +84.6% MEOH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +31.1%/yr +35.7%/yr +7.0%/yr AU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.5% 60.2% 50.4% MEOH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 81/100 87/100 MEOH

Percentile Scorecard

AGIAUMEOH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAGIAUMEOH
Valuation 62 #63 of 163 76 #40 of 163 93 #8 of 94
Growth 71 #43 of 148 89 #17 of 148 95 #6 of 92
Profitability 89 #15 of 123 97 #5 of 123 98 #3 of 86
Financial Health 61 #64 of 164 49 #85 of 164 79 #20 of 93
Shareholder Returns 65 #39 of 108 97 #4 of 108 69 #23 of 71
Overall 69 81 87
  • AGI ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • AU ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • MEOH ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAGIAUMEOHSPY
1 month -12.8%-10.1%+5.6% +0.7%
3 months +1.5%+3.3%+13.7% +3.7%
6 months -27.8%-9.2%-4.2% +7.1%
Year to date -25.3%-0.3%+58.0% +12.8%
1 year -9.5%+26.4%+84.6% +11.9%
3 years +126.1%+352.2%+51.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year +31.3%+65.4%+14.9% +22.8%
5 years +287.5%+360.3%+40.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year +31.1%+35.7%+7.0% +10.9%
10 years +275.4%+529.1%+69.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year +14.1%+20.2%+5.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAGIAUMEOHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.5%60.2%50.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.9%62.0%48.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.922.21-0.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.170.441.68 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.7%-52.8%-54.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -47.9%-33.7%-4.5% -1.2%
52-week high $55.33$128.26$65.72 $779.14
52-week low $27.82$63.61$33.88 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAGIAUMEOH
P/E now vs peer median 11.4xmedian 13.2x 11.4xmedian 13.2x 12.7xmedian 21.0x
P/S now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 3.1x 3.6xmedian 3.1x 1.0xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 7.2x —median 7.2x 4.1xmedian 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -521.7xmedian 15.2x 6.8xmedian 15.2x 3.1xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 2.2x 4.8xmedian 2.2x 1.6xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.16median 0.30 —median 0.30 0.51median 1.68

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAGIAUMEOH
Revenue $2.28B $11.83B $4.73B
Gross profit – $6.48B –
Operating income $1.30B $4.91B $972.07M
Net income $1.06B $4.48B $457.86M
Free cash flow -$23.20M $6.34B $1.57B
R&D $35.10M $259.00M –
EPS (diluted) $2.51 $7.48 $4.95
Cash & equivalents $597.40M $2.78B $911.70M
Total debt $200.00M $1.57B $2.08B
Shares (diluted) 422.66M 509.09M 72.61M
Enterprise value $8.74B $28.07B $3.05B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAGIAUMEOH
P/E 11.4x 11.4x 12.7x
P/FCF -521.7x 6.8x 3.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 6.9x 3.1x
P/S 5.3x 3.6x 1.0x
P/B 2.4x 4.8x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 4.8x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 7.8x – 4.1x
EV/EBIT 9.0x 8.5x 6.2x
EV/Revenue 5.1x 3.5x 1.3x
EV/FCF -502.7x 6.6x 3.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 6.7x 3.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.16 – 0.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAGIAUMEOH
Revenue growth (1Y) 41.5% 54.6% 32.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 31.5% – 7.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 97.4% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 40.7% 165.2% 65.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 61.7% – 52.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 97.3% 115.8% 66.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 73.5% – 17.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 91.6% 78.5% 62.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 71.5% – 25.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 103.4% 67.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 32.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -118.6% 108.6% 67.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.9% – 32.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAGIAUMEOH
Gross margin – 54.8% –
EBITDA margin 65.6% – 30.8%
Operating margin 57.2% 41.5% 20.6%
Pretax margin 65.7% 51.7% 28.9%
Net margin 46.7% 32.2% 7.6%
FCF margin -1.0% 53.6% 33.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 52.3% 33.2%
Return on equity 21.8% 46.3% 15.3%
Return on assets 15.6% 28.7% –
Return on invested capital 25.6% 40.5% 18.6%
Return on capital employed 20.8% 35.2% –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.8x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.4x 3.4x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% – 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAGIAUMEOH
Debt / assets 2.9% 10.1% –
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.2x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.3x – 0.8x
Debt / FCF -8.6x 0.2x 1.3x
Liabilities / assets 28.3% 42.4% –
Equity / assets 71.7% 57.6% –
Interest coverage – – 4.5x
Current ratio 2.0x 2.7x –
Quick ratio 1.3x 2.1x –
Cash ratio 1.2x 1.8x –
Altman Z-score 4.91 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAGIAUMEOH
Dividend yield 0.5% 5.3% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 0.0% – 3.5%
Shareholder yield 0.5% 5.3% 4.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAGIAUMEOH
Forward P/E 12.9xFY2026 10.0xFY2026 5.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.24FY2026 $8.52FY2026 $10.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +60.0%FY2026 +58.7%FY2026 +433.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.4% +9.9% -43.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.52BFY2026 $11.81BFY2026 $5.37BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +39.2%FY2026 +21.4%FY2026 +50.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +26.5% +4.0% -26.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAGIAUMEOH
Held by institutions 56.4% 45.9% 81.3%
Institutions holding 473 564 212
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% +3.0% +8.4%
Institutions buying 241 324 132
Institutions selling 151 166 57
Buyers to sellers 1.60 1.95 2.32

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AGIAUMEOH
AGI 1.00 0.83 0.04
AU 0.83 1.00 -0.01
MEOH 0.04 -0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AGI, AU and MEOH?

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alamos Gold (AGI) $11.45B, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) $40.19B, Methanex (MEOH) $5.15B.

Which stock is cheaper, AGI, AU and MEOH?

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alamos Gold (AGI) 10.8x, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 10.6x, Methanex (MEOH) 14.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Methanex (MEOH) is cheapest (Alamos Gold (AGI) 12.9x, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 10.0x, Methanex (MEOH) 5.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alamos Gold (AGI) +41.5%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) +54.6%, Methanex (MEOH) +32.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Alamos Gold (AGI) has the highest net margin (Alamos Gold (AGI) 46.7%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 32.2%, Methanex (MEOH) 7.6%). On return on invested capital, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) leads (Alamos Gold (AGI) 25.6%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 40.5%, Methanex (MEOH) 18.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Methanex (MEOH) returned the most: Alamos Gold (AGI) -9.5%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) +26.4%, Methanex (MEOH) +84.6%. Over five years, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) compounded fastest (Alamos Gold (AGI) +31.1%/yr, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) +35.7%/yr, Methanex (MEOH) +7.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Methanex (MEOH) has been the steadiest (Alamos Gold (AGI) 55.5%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 60.2%, Methanex (MEOH) 50.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AGI, AU and MEOH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.