AGI vs BVN vs B Stock Comparison

Alamos Gold, Buenaventura Mining and Barrick Mining Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AGI Alamos Gold Inc
$30.22 -12.4% 1M -4.2% 1Y
Market cap
$12.69B
P/E
10.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.23B
Div. yield
0.50%
Gold Basic Materials
3 wins
B Barrick Mining Corp
$38.23 -10.8% 1M +17.7% 1Y
Market cap
$64.05B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.66B
Div. yield
2.45%
Gold Basic Materials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Buenaventura Mining leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Buenaventura Mining 6, Barrick Mining 3, Alamos Gold 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAGIBVNBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $12.69B $7.22B $64.05B B
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.8x 8.3x 10.0x BVN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.3x 6.5x 10.2x BVN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +47.8% +75.7% +49.4% BVN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 52.6% 60.4% 31.6% BVN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 30.3% — 24.8% AGI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.3x — -0.1x AGI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.50% 3.97% 2.45% BVN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.2% +26.7% +17.7% BVN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.6%/yr +27.7%/yr +14.6%/yr AGI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.8% 52.8% 46.9% B
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 71/100 78/100 B

Percentile Scorecard

AGIBVNB

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

AxisAGIBVNB
Valuation 60 #46 of 114 63 #43 of 114 87 #16 of 114
Growth 74 #27 of 102 82 #19 of 102 89 #12 of 102
Profitability 89 #10 of 81 74 #22 of 81 91 #8 of 81
Financial Health 67 #40 of 120 50 #60 of 120 48 #63 of 120
Shareholder Returns 63 #28 of 73 83 #13 of 73 75 #19 of 73
Overall 71 71 78
  • AGI ranked among 128 companies in Metals and Mining
  • BVN ranked among 128 companies in Metals and Mining
  • B ranked among 128 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAGIBVNBSPY
1 month -12.4%-14.1%-10.8% -0.8%
3 months +1.7%-10.2%+2.3% +3.5%
6 months -30.6%-12.5%-6.0% +7.0%
Year to date -21.7%+2.3%-12.2% +12.2%
1 year -4.2%+26.7%+17.7% +13.0%
3 years +135.7%+237.2%+134.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +33.1%+50.0%+32.8% +23.1%
5 years +265.0%+238.8%+97.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +29.6%+27.7%+14.6% +11.0%
10 years +260.2%+112.1%+129.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +13.7%+7.8%+8.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAGIBVNBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.8%52.8%46.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.6%57.1%50.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.891.881.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.080.500.38 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.7%-54.0%-48.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.4%-34.8%-27.8% -1.8%
52-week high $55.33$43.67$52.98 $779.14
52-week low $27.82$21.16$31.67 $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.

MultipleAGIBVNB
P/E now vs peer median 10.8xmedian 10.6x 8.3xmedian 10.6x 10.0xmedian 10.6x
P/S now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 3.1x 5.0xmedian 3.1x 3.1xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 5.9x —median 5.9x 4.8xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -110.2xmedian 11.3x 69.2xmedian 11.3x 5.7xmedian 11.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 2.3x 1.7xmedian 2.3x 2.3xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.12median 0.17 0.63median 0.17 0.03median 0.17

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 monthsAGIBVNB
Revenue $2.23B $1.45B $20.66B
Gross profit – – $11.56B
Operating income $1.49B $349.40M $10.94B
Net income $1.17B $646.41M $9.49B
Free cash flow -$115.10M – $11.25B
R&D $27.80M – $481.00M
EPS (diluted) $2.78 $1.08 $3.82
Cash & equivalents $636.90M $529.84M $5.93B
Total debt $900.00M $700.74M $18.98B
Shares (diluted) 422.66M 811.63M 1.71B
Enterprise value $10.12B $5.06B $48.79B

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
MetricAGIBVNB
P/E 10.8x 8.3x 10.0x
P/FCF -110.2x 69.2x 5.7x
P/Operating cash flow – – 6.8x
P/S 5.7x 5.0x 3.1x
P/B 2.6x 1.7x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 1.7x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 7.2x – 4.8x
EV/EBIT 8.2x 19.9x 5.7x
EV/Revenue 5.5x 4.8x 3.0x
EV/FCF -106.1x – 5.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 6.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.12 0.63 0.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAGIBVNB
Revenue growth (1Y) 47.8% 75.7% 49.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 32.5% 39.5% 24.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 89.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 56.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 128.1% 252.6% 111.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 80.0% 122.1% 62.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 238.3% 55.3% 137.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 92.1% 0.6% 196.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 228.6% 58.4% 142.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 90.4% 13.2% 332.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 84.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 43.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -144.0% – 69.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -30.7% – 33.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAGIBVNB
Gross margin – – 56.0%
EBITDA margin 75.7% – 63.2%
Operating margin 66.8% 24.1% 53.0%
Pretax margin 75.9% 55.1% 58.9%
Net margin 52.6% 60.4% 31.6%
FCF margin -5.2% – 54.4%
Operating cash flow margin – – 45.5%
Return on equity 24.9% 16.5% 29.6%
Return on assets 17.7% 11.7% 18.1%
Return on invested capital 30.3% – 24.8%
Return on capital employed 24.5% 7.0% 22.2%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.3x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 2.1% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAGIBVNB
Debt / assets 3.0% 11.6% 8.9%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.3x – -0.1x
Debt / FCF -1.7x – 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 28.4% 29.1% 47.8%
Equity / assets 71.6% 70.9% 52.2%
Interest coverage 316.7x – 63.6x
Current ratio 2.1x 2.0x 3.0x
Quick ratio 1.3x 3.8x 2.1x
Cash ratio 1.2x 1.7x 1.9x
Altman Z-score 5.29 3.69 2.78

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAGIBVNB
Dividend yield 0.5% 4.0% 2.4%
Net buyback yield 0.0% – 0.2%
Shareholder yield 0.5% 4.0% 2.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 8.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 7.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -7.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -0.1%

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.

ConsensusAGIBVNB
Forward P/E 13.3xFY2026 6.5xFY2026 10.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.28FY2026 $4.37FY2026 $3.75FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +62.9%FY2026 +41.9%FY2026 +55.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +20.6% -9.8% +14.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.53BFY2026 $2.19BFY2026 $20.19BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +39.8%FY2026 +26.5%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +27.3% +10.0% +25.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAGIBVNB
Held by institutions 56.4% 44.5% 58.0%
Institutions holding 472 273 1,005
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% -0.7% -4.7%
Institutions buying 240 143 486
Institutions selling 151 99 337
Buyers to sellers 1.59 1.44 1.44

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.

AGIBVNB
AGI 1.00 0.71 0.82
BVN 0.71 1.00 0.78
B 0.82 0.78 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AGI, BVN and B?

Barrick Mining (B) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alamos Gold (AGI) $12.69B, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) $7.22B, Barrick Mining (B) $64.05B.

Which stock is cheaper, AGI, BVN and B?

Buenaventura Mining (BVN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alamos Gold (AGI) 10.8x, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) 8.3x, Barrick Mining (B) 10.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) is cheapest (Alamos Gold (AGI) 13.3x, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) 6.5x, Barrick Mining (B) 10.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Buenaventura Mining (BVN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alamos Gold (AGI) +47.8%, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) +75.7%, Barrick Mining (B) +49.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Buenaventura Mining (BVN) has the highest net margin (Alamos Gold (AGI) 52.6%, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) 60.4%, Barrick Mining (B) 31.6%). On return on invested capital, Alamos Gold (AGI) leads (Alamos Gold (AGI) 30.3%, Barrick Mining (B) 24.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Buenaventura Mining (BVN) returned the most: Alamos Gold (AGI) -4.2%, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) +26.7%, Barrick Mining (B) +17.7%. Over five years, Alamos Gold (AGI) compounded fastest (Alamos Gold (AGI) +29.6%/yr, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) +27.7%/yr, Barrick Mining (B) +14.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Buenaventura Mining (BVN) has the highest dividend yield: Alamos Gold (AGI) 0.50%, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) 3.97%, Barrick Mining (B) 2.45%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Barrick Mining (B) has been the steadiest (Alamos Gold (AGI) 54.8%, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) 52.8%, Barrick Mining (B) 46.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AGI, BVN and B?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) leads on 6. 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.