KGC vs NEM vs IAG Stock Comparison

Kinross Gold, Newmont and Iamgold Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
KGC Kinross Gold Corp
$22.98 -4.6% 1M -0.4% 1Y
Market cap
$26.21B
P/E
8.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.44B
Div. yield
0.00%
Gold Basic Materials
NEM NEWMONT Corp /DE/
$113.92 -1.9% 1M +43.6% 1Y
Market cap
$116.99B
P/E
12.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.61B
Div. yield
0.01%
Gold Basic Materials
3 wins
IAG Iamgold Corp
$17.28 -7.4% 1M +49.1% 1Y
Market cap
$9.59B
P/E
6.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.68B
Div. yield
–
Gold Basic Materials
8 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Iamgold leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Iamgold 8, Newmont 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKGCNEMIAGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $26.21B $116.99B $9.59B NEM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 8.3x 12.7x 6.6x IAG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.7x 11.9x 9.3x IAG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +31.0% +23.7% +87.2% IAG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 37.6% 34.7% 39.4% IAG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 41.6% 8.6% 52.3% IAG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.3x -0.5x 0.0x NEM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.4% +43.6% +49.1% IAG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +30.8%/yr +16.1%/yr +44.3%/yr IAG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.3% 48.0% 63.5% NEM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 72/100 88/100 IAG

Percentile Scorecard

KGCNEMIAG

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

AxisKGCNEMIAG
Valuation 88 #21 of 162 73 #45 of 162 96 #8 of 162
Growth 82 #27 of 147 83 #26 of 147 97 #6 of 147
Profitability 100 #1 of 122 84 #21 of 122 99 #2 of 122
Financial Health 76 #40 of 164 54 #76 of 164 61 #64 of 164
Shareholder Returns 41 #64 of 107 65 #38 of 107 –
Overall 77 72 88
  • KGC ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • NEM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • IAG ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodKGCNEMIAGSPY
1 month -4.6%-1.9%-7.4% +0.9%
3 months -1.0%+24.7%+24.1% +5.9%
6 months -23.0%+5.9%+5.6% +8.5%
Year to date -18.4%+14.1%+4.8% +13.3%
1 year -0.4%+43.6%+49.1% +12.4%
3 years +332.8%+192.3%+569.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year +63.0%+43.0%+88.6% +23.5%
5 years +282.4%+111.0%+523.8% +68.2%
5 years, per year +30.8%+16.1%+44.3% +11.0%
10 years +514.4%+222.0%+339.7% +263.4%
10 years, per year +19.9%+12.4%+16.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureKGCNEMIAGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.3%48.0%63.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.9%51.3%64.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.951.802.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.010.910.77 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -56.0%-65.0%-73.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.6%-15.7%-29.7% -0.9%
52-week high $38.07$135.14$24.57 $779.14
52-week low $22.21$78.90$10.96 $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.

MultipleKGCNEMIAG
P/E now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 13.4x 12.9xmedian 13.4x 6.9xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 3.2x 4.4xmedian 3.2x 2.8xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 7.3x 14.1xmedian 7.3x 3.4xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 14.8x 11.8xmedian 14.8x 4.7xmedian 14.8x
P/B now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 2.3x 3.3xmedian 2.3x 2.3xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.07median 0.31 0.11median 0.31 0.06median 0.31

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 monthsKGCNEMIAG
Revenue $8.44B $26.61B $3.68B
Gross profit $4.90B $18.41B $1.85B
Operating income $4.47B $5.60B $2.54B
Net income $3.21B $9.44B $1.27B
Free cash flow $5.48B $10.07B $2.19B
R&D $170.00M $193.00M $30.20M
EPS (diluted) $2.59 $8.79 $2.49
Cash & equivalents $2.64B $8.83B $501.40M
Total debt $816.70M $5.09B $449.30M
Shares (diluted) 1.22B 1.05B 581.70M
Enterprise value $16.13B $82.14B $7.80B

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
MetricKGCNEMIAG
P/E 8.8x 12.9x 6.9x
P/FCF 5.0x 11.8x 4.7x
P/Operating cash flow 5.8x 9.0x 5.1x
P/S 3.3x 4.4x 2.8x
P/B 2.7x 3.3x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 3.3x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA 4.7x 14.1x 3.4x
EV/EBIT 5.8x 20.5x 4.0x
EV/Revenue 3.0x 4.3x 2.8x
EV/FCF 4.7x 11.4x 4.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.5x 8.8x 5.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.07 0.11 0.06

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKGCNEMIAG
Revenue growth (1Y) 31.0% 23.7% 87.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 26.2% 34.0% 58.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 61.9% 41.0% 192.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 79.0% 55.7% 154.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 68.2% 298.7% 57.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 115.3% 45.7% 826.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 74.0% 30.4% 34.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 56.0% 136.8% 112.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 91.2% 34.6% 234.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 119.3% 119.7% 111.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 27.4% 42.0% 328.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 38.4% 60.7% 67.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 31.1% 64.6% 144.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.6% 136.1% 122.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKGCNEMIAG
Gross margin 58.0% 69.2% 50.3%
EBITDA margin 65.2% 30.6% 82.1%
Operating margin 52.9% 21.0% 69.1%
Pretax margin 52.3% 52.8% 49.1%
Net margin 37.6% 34.7% 39.4%
FCF margin 64.9% 37.9% 59.5%
Operating cash flow margin 55.9% 49.2% 54.3%
Return on equity 32.3% 26.5% 29.2%
Return on assets 23.3% 16.3% 21.3%
Return on invested capital 41.6% 8.6% 52.3%
Return on capital employed – 10.7% 46.9%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.4x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKGCNEMIAG
Debt / assets 5.9% 8.7% 7.5%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.3x -0.5x 0.0x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 0.5x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 27.6% 38.4% 26.1%
Equity / assets 72.4% 61.6% 73.9%
Interest coverage 171.8x – 137.4x
Current ratio – 2.5x 1.7x
Quick ratio – 1.9x 1.0x
Cash ratio – 1.6x 0.9x
Altman Z-score – 4.28 6.40

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKGCNEMIAG
Dividend yield 0.7% 0.9% –
Net buyback yield -1.5% 4.8% –
Shareholder yield -0.8% 5.7% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 3.1% 11.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 1.8% 10.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -145.6% -1.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -38.0% -7.4% –

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.

ConsensusKGCNEMIAG
Forward P/E 9.7xFY2026 11.9xFY2026 9.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.36FY2026 $9.57FY2026 $1.85FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +29.0%FY2026 +38.9%FY2026 +51.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +6.8% +10.1% +11.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.30BFY2026 $24.82BFY2026 $3.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.1%FY2026 +9.5%FY2026 +31.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.8% +20.0% +5.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKGCNEMIAG
Held by institutions 59.3% 77.2% 65.8%
Institutions holding 640 1,787 319
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.7% +1.5% +1.5%
Institutions buying 313 842 170
Institutions selling 224 719 101
Buyers to sellers 1.40 1.17 1.68

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.

KGCNEMIAG
KGC 1.00 0.88 0.89
NEM 0.88 1.00 0.86
IAG 0.89 0.86 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KGC, NEM and IAG?

Newmont (NEM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Kinross Gold (KGC) $26.21B, Newmont (NEM) $116.99B, Iamgold (IAG) $9.59B.

Which stock is cheaper, KGC, NEM and IAG?

Iamgold (IAG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Kinross Gold (KGC) 8.3x, Newmont (NEM) 12.7x, Iamgold (IAG) 6.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Iamgold (IAG) is cheapest (Kinross Gold (KGC) 9.7x, Newmont (NEM) 11.9x, Iamgold (IAG) 9.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Iamgold (IAG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Kinross Gold (KGC) +31.0%, Newmont (NEM) +23.7%, Iamgold (IAG) +87.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Iamgold (IAG) has the highest net margin (Kinross Gold (KGC) 37.6%, Newmont (NEM) 34.7%, Iamgold (IAG) 39.4%). On return on invested capital, Iamgold (IAG) leads (Kinross Gold (KGC) 41.6%, Newmont (NEM) 8.6%, Iamgold (IAG) 52.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Iamgold (IAG) returned the most: Kinross Gold (KGC) -0.4%, Newmont (NEM) +43.6%, Iamgold (IAG) +49.1%. Over five years, Iamgold (IAG) compounded fastest (Kinross Gold (KGC) +30.8%/yr, Newmont (NEM) +16.1%/yr, Iamgold (IAG) +44.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Kinross Gold (KGC) 0.00%, Newmont (NEM) 0.01%, Iamgold (IAG) 0.00%. Kinross Gold (KGC) and Iamgold (IAG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Newmont (NEM) has been the steadiest (Kinross Gold (KGC) 54.3%, Newmont (NEM) 48.0%, Iamgold (IAG) 63.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KGC, NEM and IAG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Iamgold (IAG) leads on 8. 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.