SAND vs. FSM, CGAU, SA, CDE, AG, IAG, EXK, TGB, DRD, and GATO
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), Coeur Mining (CDE), First Majestic Silver (AG), IAMGOLD (IAG), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Taseko Mines (TGB), DRDGOLD (DRD), and Gatos Silver (GATO). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) and Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Fortuna Silver Mines received 296 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.55% of users gave Fortuna Silver Mines an outperform vote while only 43.00% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote.
33.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Sandstorm Gold's net margin of -3.94%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 6.04% beat Fortuna Silver Mines' return on equity.
Sandstorm Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fortuna Silver Mines. Fortuna Silver Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fortuna Silver Mines currently has a consensus price target of $7.63, indicating a potential upside of 30.57%. Sandstorm Gold has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.13%. Given Fortuna Silver Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Fortuna Silver Mines.
Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fortuna Silver Mines had 1 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fortuna Silver Mines and 4 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Fortuna Silver Mines' score of 0.78 indicating that Fortuna Silver Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Sandstorm Gold beats Fortuna Silver Mines on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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