DRDGOLD (DRD) Competitors

DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) and Sibanye Stillwater (NYSE:SBSW) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DRD or SBSW?

DRDGOLD received 155 more outperform votes than Sibanye Stillwater when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.26% of users gave DRDGOLD an outperform vote while only 47.14% of users gave Sibanye Stillwater an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DRDGOLD	Outperform Votes 188 60.26%	Underperform Votes 124 39.74%
Sibanye Stillwater	Outperform Votes 33 47.14%	Underperform Votes 37 52.86%

Do analysts recommend DRD or SBSW?

DRDGOLD currently has a consensus target price of $13.25, suggesting a potential upside of 42.49%. Sibanye Stillwater has a consensus target price of $4.98, suggesting a potential upside of 42.35%. Given DRDGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DRDGOLD is more favorable than Sibanye Stillwater.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DRDGOLD	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sibanye Stillwater	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DRD or SBSW?

DRDGOLD has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sibanye Stillwater.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DRDGOLD	$333.81M	2.41	$71.08M	N/A	N/A
Sibanye Stillwater	$108.32B	0.02	-$2.05B	N/A	N/A

Is DRD or SBSW more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DRDGOLD	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sibanye Stillwater	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DRD or SBSW?

14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is DRD or SBSW a better dividend stock?

DRDGOLD pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Sibanye Stillwater pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%.

Which has more risk & volatility, DRD or SBSW?

DRDGOLD has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sibanye Stillwater has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DRD or SBSW?

In the previous week, DRDGOLD had 1 more articles in the media than Sibanye Stillwater. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DRDGOLD and 2 mentions for Sibanye Stillwater. DRDGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Sibanye Stillwater's score of 0.06 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DRDGOLD	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sibanye Stillwater	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

DRDGOLD beats Sibanye Stillwater on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.