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SAND vs. RGLD, AEM, AGI, BTG, FNV, KGC, OR, PAAS, WPM, and MAG

Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (KGC), OR Royalties (OR), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and MAG Silver (MAG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Sandstorm Gold vs. Its Competitors

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) and Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Royal Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. Royal Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Gold$719.40M13.97$332.02M$6.0425.27
Sandstorm Gold$176.28M15.68$14.29M$0.1094.30

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Royal Gold has a net margin of 52.15% compared to Sandstorm Gold's net margin of 15.80%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 12.48% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Gold52.15% 12.48% 11.52%
Sandstorm Gold 15.80%2.00%1.56%

Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Royal Gold pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sandstorm Gold pays out 60.0% 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. Royal Gold has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Royal Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 8 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Royal Gold and 1 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Sandstorm Gold's score of 0.27 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Gold
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sandstorm Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Royal Gold presently has a consensus target price of $192.13, suggesting a potential upside of 25.87%. Sandstorm Gold has a consensus target price of $10.15, suggesting a potential upside of 7.64%. Given Royal Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Sandstorm Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Sandstorm Gold
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Summary

Royal Gold beats Sandstorm Gold on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SAND vs. The Competition

MetricSandstorm GoldMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.74B$7.90B$3.17B$20.68B
Dividend Yield0.63%1.52%5.19%3.67%
P/E Ratio94.3143.13117.7729.07
Price / Sales15.6814.7230,017,513,221,196,900.0066.27
Price / Cash24.8820.8123.7822.84
Price / Book1.933.405.894.43
Net Income$14.29M$318.68M$148.55M$994.22M
7 Day Performance-1.31%-2.42%-3.20%-3.35%
1 Month Performance0.11%1.24%1.47%-2.06%
1 Year Performance71.77%48.74%28.78%10.15%

Sandstorm Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAND
Sandstorm Gold
2.7151 of 5 stars
$9.43
+0.7%
$10.15
+7.6%
+67.5%$2.74B$176.28M94.3120
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.6488 of 5 stars
$151.93
-2.0%
$192.13
+26.5%
+11.0%$10.00B$719.40M25.1530Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.3715 of 5 stars
$123.78
-2.4%
$136.90
+10.6%
+64.6%$62.24B$8.92B26.3416,968Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.5973 of 5 stars
$25.32
-2.1%
$30.38
+20.0%
+42.9%$10.64B$1.35B40.842,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
BTG
B2Gold
3.3321 of 5 stars
$3.40
-2.0%
$4.31
+26.8%
+16.6%$4.50B$1.97B-7.084,690Gap Up
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.6635 of 5 stars
$160.57
-1.4%
$172.13
+7.2%
+27.2%$30.93B$1.11B50.1840Gap Up
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.7527 of 5 stars
$15.71
-2.4%
$18.00
+14.6%
+77.0%$19.27B$5.15B16.036,800Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
OR
OR Royalties
1.7232 of 5 stars
$27.62
-1.1%
$24.33
-11.9%
+62.0%$5.20B$201.03M162.4730Upcoming Earnings
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.8963 of 5 stars
$28.51
-2.2%
$31.40
+10.1%
+22.3%$10.32B$2.99B32.779,000News Coverage
Positive News
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.6305 of 5 stars
$91.73
-2.4%
$93.00
+1.4%
+57.5%$41.64B$1.46B67.4540News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
MAG
MAG Silver
N/A$21.19
+44.5%
N/A+54.6%$2.23BN/A24.0810

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