AU vs EGO vs MEOH Stock Comparison

AngloGold Ashanti, Eldorado Gold and Methanex Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AU AngloGold Ashanti PLC
$85.06 -10.1% 1M +26.4% 1Y
Market cap
$42.96B
P/E
11.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.83B
Div. yield
5.31%
Gold Basic Materials
6 wins
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp /Fi
$32.38 -16.8% 1M +29.1% 1Y
Market cap
$6.43B
P/E
10.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.04B
Div. yield
0.65%
Gold Basic Materials
1 win
MEOH Methanex Corp
$62.76 +5.6% 1M +84.6% 1Y
Market cap
$4.85B
P/E
12.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.73B
Div. yield
1.16%
Commodity Chemicals Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

AngloGold Ashanti leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (AngloGold Ashanti 6, Methanex 5, Eldorado Gold 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAUEGOMEOHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $42.96B $6.43B $4.85B AU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.4x 10.4x 12.7x EGO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.0x 10.8x 5.8x MEOH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +54.6% +37.4% +32.4% AU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 32.2% 3.5% 7.6% AU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 40.5% 8.3% 18.6% AU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.3x 0.8x MEOH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 5.31% 0.65% 1.16% AU
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +26.4% +29.1% +84.6% MEOH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +35.7%/yr +29.3%/yr +7.0%/yr AU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.2% 60.2% 50.4% MEOH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 81/100 60/100 87/100 MEOH

Percentile Scorecard

AUEGOMEOH

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

AxisAUEGOMEOH
Valuation 76 #40 of 163 91 #15 of 163 93 #8 of 94
Growth 89 #17 of 148 87 #20 of 148 95 #6 of 92
Profitability 97 #5 of 123 46 #67 of 123 98 #3 of 86
Financial Health 49 #85 of 164 31 #114 of 164 79 #20 of 93
Shareholder Returns 97 #4 of 108 46 #59 of 108 69 #23 of 71
Overall 81 60 87
  • AU ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • EGO 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

PeriodAUEGOMEOHSPY
1 month -10.1%-16.8%+5.6% +0.7%
3 months +3.3%-1.0%+13.7% +3.7%
6 months -9.2%+4.1%-4.2% +7.1%
Year to date -0.3%-9.9%+58.0% +12.8%
1 year +26.4%+29.1%+84.6% +11.9%
3 years +352.2%+197.6%+51.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year +65.4%+43.9%+14.9% +22.8%
5 years +360.3%+261.4%+40.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year +35.7%+29.3%+7.0% +10.9%
10 years +529.1%+94.5%+69.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year +20.2%+6.9%+5.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAUEGOMEOHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.2%60.2%50.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 62.0%61.2%48.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.212.02-0.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.440.481.68 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -52.8%-57.7%-54.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.7%-34.9%-4.5% -1.2%
52-week high $128.26$49.71$65.72 $779.14
52-week low $63.61$24.93$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.

MultipleAUEGOMEOH
P/E now vs peer median 11.4xmedian 13.2x 10.4xmedian 13.2x 12.7xmedian 21.0x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 3.1x 0.4xmedian 3.1x 1.0xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.2x 6.6xmedian 7.2x 4.1xmedian 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.8xmedian 15.2x 36.2xmedian 15.2x 3.1xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 2.2x 0.9xmedian 2.2x 1.6xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.30 0.09median 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 monthsAUEGOMEOH
Revenue $11.83B $18.04B $4.73B
Gross profit $6.48B $1.10B –
Operating income $4.91B $971.70M $972.07M
Net income $4.48B $660.53M $457.86M
Free cash flow $6.34B $177.66M $1.57B
R&D $259.00M $51.20M –
EPS (diluted) $7.48 $3.08 $4.95
Cash & equivalents $2.78B $396.83M $911.70M
Total debt $1.57B $1.99B $2.08B
Shares (diluted) 509.09M 205.41M 72.61M
Enterprise value $32.63B $3.91B $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
MetricAUEGOMEOH
P/E 11.4x 10.4x 12.7x
P/FCF 6.8x 36.2x 3.1x
P/Operating cash flow 6.9x 15.1x 3.1x
P/S 3.6x 0.4x 1.0x
P/B 4.8x 0.9x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 4.8x 0.9x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA – 6.6x 4.1x
EV/EBIT 8.5x 8.2x 6.2x
EV/Revenue 3.5x 0.4x 1.3x
EV/FCF 6.6x 45.1x 3.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.7x 18.8x 3.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.09 0.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAUEGOMEOH
Revenue growth (1Y) 54.6% 37.4% 32.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 167.0% 7.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 97.4% 42.7% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 68.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 165.2% 54.3% 65.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 35.7% 52.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 115.8% 81.3% 66.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 59.5% 17.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 78.5% 70.2% 62.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 113.5% 25.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 103.4% -7.1% 67.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 23.8% 32.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 108.6% 426.1% 67.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 391.0% 32.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAUEGOMEOH
Gross margin 54.8% 6.1% –
EBITDA margin – 6.7% 30.8%
Operating margin 41.5% 5.4% 20.6%
Pretax margin 51.7% 5.0% 28.9%
Net margin 32.2% 3.5% 7.6%
FCF margin 53.6% 1.0% 33.2%
Operating cash flow margin 52.3% 2.4% 33.2%
Return on equity 46.3% 9.7% 15.3%
Return on assets 28.7% – –
Return on invested capital 40.5% 8.3% 18.6%
Return on capital employed 35.2% – –
Asset turnover 0.8x – –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 0.6x 3.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.1% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAUEGOMEOH
Debt / assets 10.1% – –
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.3x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.3x 0.8x
Debt / FCF 0.2x 11.2x 1.3x
Liabilities / assets 42.4% – –
Equity / assets 57.6% – –
Interest coverage – 64.4x 4.5x
Current ratio 2.7x – –
Quick ratio 2.1x – –
Cash ratio 1.8x – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAUEGOMEOH
Dividend yield 5.3% 0.6% 1.2%
Net buyback yield – -0.8% 3.5%
Shareholder yield 5.3% -0.1% 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.

ConsensusAUEGOMEOH
Forward P/E 10.0xFY2026 10.8xFY2026 5.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.52FY2026 $3.01FY2026 $10.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +58.7%FY2026 +73.0%FY2026 +433.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +9.9% +73.4% -43.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.81BFY2026 $2.77BFY2026 $5.37BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.4%FY2026 +53.2%FY2026 +50.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.0% +45.6% -26.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAUEGOMEOH
Held by institutions 45.9% 96.7% 81.3%
Institutions holding 564 238 212
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.0% +37.6% +8.4%
Institutions buying 324 151 132
Institutions selling 166 58 57
Buyers to sellers 1.95 2.60 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.

AUEGOMEOH
AU 1.00 0.77 -0.02
EGO 0.77 1.00 -0.01
MEOH -0.02 -0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AU, EGO and MEOH?

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) is the largest by market capitalisation: AngloGold Ashanti (AU) $42.96B, Eldorado Gold (EGO) $6.43B, Methanex (MEOH) $4.85B.

Which stock is cheaper, AU, EGO and MEOH?

Eldorado Gold (EGO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 11.4x, Eldorado Gold (EGO) 10.4x, Methanex (MEOH) 12.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Methanex (MEOH) is cheapest (AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 10.0x, Eldorado Gold (EGO) 10.8x, 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: AngloGold Ashanti (AU) +54.6%, Eldorado Gold (EGO) +37.4%, Methanex (MEOH) +32.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) has the highest net margin (AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 32.2%, Eldorado Gold (EGO) 3.5%, Methanex (MEOH) 7.6%). On return on invested capital, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) leads (AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 40.5%, Eldorado Gold (EGO) 8.3%, Methanex (MEOH) 18.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Methanex (MEOH) returned the most: AngloGold Ashanti (AU) +26.4%, Eldorado Gold (EGO) +29.1%, Methanex (MEOH) +84.6%. Over five years, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) compounded fastest (AngloGold Ashanti (AU) +35.7%/yr, Eldorado Gold (EGO) +29.3%/yr, Methanex (MEOH) +7.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) has the highest dividend yield: AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 5.31%, Eldorado Gold (EGO) 0.65%, Methanex (MEOH) 1.16%.

Which stock is riskier?

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

Which is the better stock, AU, EGO 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 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.