Sandstorm Gold (SAND) Competitors

Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) and Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, HMY or SAND?

Harmony Gold Mining has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HMY or SAND?

Harmony Gold Mining received 249 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 46.15% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 46.12% of users gave Harmony Gold Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Harmony Gold Mining	Outperform Votes 303 46.12%	Underperform Votes 354 53.88%
Sandstorm Gold	Outperform Votes 54 46.15%	Underperform Votes 63 53.85%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HMY or SAND?

Harmony Gold Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. Harmony Gold Mining 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
Harmony Gold Mining	$67.11B	0.12	$459.40M	$1.69	7.59
Sandstorm Gold	$176.28M	12.87	$41.72M	$0.05	153.24

Do analysts recommend HMY or SAND?

Harmony Gold Mining presently has a consensus price target of $8.40, indicating a potential downside of 34.52%. Sandstorm Gold has a consensus price target of $8.56, indicating a potential upside of 11.75%. Given Sandstorm Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Harmony Gold Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Harmony Gold Mining	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Sandstorm Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is HMY or SAND more profitable?

Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 8.11% compared to Harmony Gold Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 0.98% beat Harmony Gold Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harmony Gold Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sandstorm Gold	8.11%	0.98%	0.76%

Does the media prefer HMY or SAND?

In the previous week, Sandstorm Gold had 23 more articles in the media than Harmony Gold Mining. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Sandstorm Gold and 1 mentions for Harmony Gold Mining. Harmony Gold Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Sandstorm Gold's score of 0.36 indicating that Harmony Gold Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Harmony Gold Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sandstorm Gold	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HMY or SAND?

31.8% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HMY or SAND a better dividend stock?

Harmony Gold Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Harmony Gold Mining pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Harmony Gold Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Sandstorm Gold beats Harmony Gold Mining on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.