Kinross Gold Corporation vs Northrop Grumman Corporation — how do they compare? Kinross Gold Corporation trades at $23.41 (market cap $26.63B), while Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $510.06 (market cap $74.42B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is far larger — about 2.8× Kinross Gold Corporation's market cap, and Northrop Grumman Corporation pays the higher dividend (1.79%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KGC | NOC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $26.63B | $74.42B |
Sector | Basic Materials | Industrials |
52-Week High | $38.06 | $768.02 |
52-Week Low | $15.42 | $496.02 |
Enterprise Value | $25.18B | $88.65B |
Dividend Yield | 0.64% | 1.79% |
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Kinross Gold is a Canada-based senior gold producer, producing roughly 2.4 million gold equivalent ounces in 2020. The company had 30 million ounces of proven and probable gold reserves and 59 million ounces of silver reserves at the end of 2020. It operates mines and focuses its greenfield and brownfield exploration in the Americas, West Africa, and Russia. The company has historically used acquisitions to fuel expansion into new regions and production growth.
Read more on KGC →Northrop Grumman is a defense contractor that is diversified across short-cycle and long-cycle businesses. The firm's segments include aeronautics, mission systems, defense services, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces various piloted and autonomous flight systems. Mission systems creates a variety of sensors and processors for defense hardware. The defense systems segment is a long-range missile manufacturer. Finally, the company's space systems segment produces various space structures, sensors, and satellites.
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