Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM): Assessing Valuation After Recent Share Price Strength

Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) has quietly turned into a strong performer, with the stock up about 3% over the week and nearly 9% over the past month as gold sentiment improves.

See our latest analysis for Agnico Eagle Mines.

Zooming out, that recent strength builds on a powerful run. The share price is now at $174.21, and a triple digit year to date share price return points to building momentum as investors reassess its growth and risk profile.

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With gold prices firm and Agnico Eagle delivering steady earnings growth, investors now face a key question: is the current rally still leaving value on the table, or is the market already pricing in its next leg of growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 10.7% Undervalued

With Agnico Eagle closing at $174.21 against a narrative fair value near $195, the story points to more upside if its growth plans stay on track.

Exploration success and rapid reserve expansion near key long life assets (notably Detour Lake, Canadian Malartic, and Hope Bay) position Agnico Eagle for significant organic production growth; this supports a long runway of high quality, low risk volume expansion that can drive top line revenue growth and production leverage.

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Want to see how steady top line growth, fatter margins, and a punchy future earnings multiple all connect to that valuation call? The full narrative unpacks the precise revenue runway, profitability shift, and earnings power the market is being asked to believe in, and how a relatively modest discount rate helps turn those forecasts into a higher fair value.

Result: Fair Value of $195.03 (UNDERVALUED)

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However, this constructive setup could quickly unravel if gold prices retreat more sharply than expected or if major growth projects stumble on delays and cost overruns.

Find out about the key risks to this Agnico Eagle Mines narrative.

Another Angle on Value

Our fair ratio work tells a cooler story. With Agnico Eagle trading on a P/E of 25.4x versus a fair ratio of 23.7x and roughly in line with the US Metals and Mining average, the stock screens a bit expensive today, not obviously cheap.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

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