SSL vs. OGC, CEE, EQX, IMG, FVI, DPM, CG, SEA, PRU, and KNT
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include OceanaGold (OGC), Centamin (CEE), Equinox Gold (EQX), IAMGOLD (IMG), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Centerra Gold (CG), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Perseus Mining (PRU), and K92 Mining (KNT). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
OceanaGold (TSE:OGC) and Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Sandstorm Gold received 220 more outperform votes than OceanaGold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.16% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave OceanaGold an outperform vote.
Sandstorm Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OceanaGold. Sandstorm Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OceanaGold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OceanaGold currently has a consensus price target of C$4.17, suggesting a potential upside of 31.86%. Sandstorm Gold has a consensus price target of C$9.38, suggesting a potential upside of 20.97%. Given Sandstorm Gold's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe OceanaGold is more favorable than Sandstorm Gold.
In the previous week, OceanaGold had 4 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for OceanaGold and 11 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat OceanaGold's score of -0.31 indicating that OceanaGold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
58.9% of OceanaGold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.6% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of OceanaGold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 23.22% compared to Sandstorm Gold's net margin of 3.69%. OceanaGold's return on equity of 2.95% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.
OceanaGold has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OceanaGold pays an annual dividend of C$0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. OceanaGold pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sandstorm Gold pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sandstorm Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Sandstorm Gold beats OceanaGold on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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