Sandstorm Gold (SAND) Competitors

Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) and Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.

Do analysts rate SAND or PAAS?

Sandstorm Gold presently has a consensus target price of $9.06, suggesting a potential upside of 7.00%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.82%. Given Sandstorm Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Pan American Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sandstorm Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk & volatility, SAND or PAAS?

Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SAND or PAAS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sandstorm Gold	$176.28M	14.23	$41.72M	$0.05	169.40
Pan American Silver	$2.82B	3.60	-$103.70M	$0.32	87.47

Is SAND or PAAS more profitable?

Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 8.11% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of 3.98%. Pan American Silver's return on equity of 6.14% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sandstorm Gold	8.11%	0.98%	0.76%
Pan American Silver	3.98%	6.14%	4.03%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SAND or PAAS?

Pan American Silver received 450 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.10% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sandstorm Gold	Outperform Votes 56 46.67%	Underperform Votes 64 53.33%
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 506 56.10%	Underperform Votes 396 43.90%

Is SAND or PAAS a better dividend stock?

Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Sandstorm Gold pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pan American Silver pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer SAND or PAAS?

In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 10 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Pan American Silver and 13 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Sandstorm Gold's score of 0.47 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sandstorm Gold	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pan American Silver	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SAND or PAAS?

52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pan American Silver beats Sandstorm Gold on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.