AEM | Market Cap: $71.8B (07/13/26)
Industry:
Metals & Mining
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DESCRIPTION

Agnico Eagle is Canada's largest gold mining company and the second largest gold producer in the world. Agnico operates 11 mines across Canada, Australia, Finland, and Mexico, producing roughly 3.45M oz of gold annually. Gold accounts for essentially all of Agnico's revenue, with silver, copper, and zinc as minor by-products. Agnico sells all gold at spot price through the London gold market — primarily to financial institutions, central banks, and commodity trading firms — and does not hedge or forward-sell production, giving investors full leverage to gold price movements. Canada is the core of Agnico's portfolio, organized into four regional clusters: Quebec (Canadian Malartic/Odyssey and LaRonde), Ontario (Detour Lake and Macassa), and Nunavut (Meadowbank/Amaruq and Meliadine). International mines include Fosterville in Australia, Kittila in Finland, and Pinos Altos in Mexico. Agnico's margins are driven by the spread between the gold spot price and its all-in sustaining cost. The company's cost structure is heavily weighted toward labor and energy, and Agnico argues its regional clustering model — sharing infrastructure and management across nearby mines — delivers cost advantages versus peers. Agnico is advancing several organic growth projects targeting an additional 1.3–1.5M oz/year of production through the early 2030s, including an underground expansion at Detour Lake, the Odyssey/East Gouldie ramp at Canadian Malartic, Upper Beaver in Ontario, and Hope Bay in Nunavut. Agnico returns capital to shareholders through a long-standing quarterly dividend and share buybacks.

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