TSE:AEM FY2025 EPS Lifted by National Bank Financial

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSE:AEM) (NYSE:AEM) – Stock analysts at National Bank Financial raised their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Agnico Eagle Mines in a research note issued on Tuesday, July 15th. National Bank Financial analyst S. Nagle now expects that the company will earn $10.30 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $9.09. National Bank Financial has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Agnico Eagle Mines’ current full-year earnings is $5.50 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Agnico Eagle Mines’ FY2026 earnings at $11.12 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Agnico Eagle Mines from C$185.00 to C$195.00 in a research note on Monday, April 28th. BMO Capital Markets raised Agnico Eagle Mines to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. Raymond James Financial raised Agnico Eagle Mines to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 30th. TD Securities raised Agnico Eagle Mines to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Cfra Research raised Agnico Eagle Mines to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and five have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Strong Buy” and a consensus target price of C$152.00.

Agnico Eagle Mines Price Performance

Agnico Eagle Mines stock opened at C$161.61 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.88, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a current ratio of 1.75. The firm has a market cap of C$57.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 56.78, a P/E/G ratio of 22.97 and a beta of 1.10. The business’s fifty day moving average is C$161.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$149.99. Agnico Eagle Mines has a 52 week low of C$99.05 and a 52 week high of C$175.33.

Agnico Eagle Mines Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 16th were paid a dividend of $0.40 per share. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 30th. Agnico Eagle Mines’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 76.24%.

Insider Transactions at Agnico Eagle Mines

In other Agnico Eagle Mines news, Senior Officer Christopher Charles Norman Vollmershausen sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$170.54, for a total value of C$852,700.00. Also, Senior Officer Ammar Al-Joundi sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$169.00, for a total value of C$3,379,960.00. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 45,632 shares of company stock valued at $7,657,810. Corporate insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

Agnico Eagle Mines Company Profile

Agnico Eagle Mines is a gold miner operating mines in Canada, Mexico, and Finland. It also owns 50% of the Canadian Malartic mine. Agnico operated just one mine, LaRonde, as recently as 2008 before bringing its other mines on line in rapid succession in the following years. The company produced more than 1.7 million gold ounces in 2020.