Sandstorm Gold (SAND) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SAND or RGLD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sandstorm Gold	$176.28M	17.05	$14.29M	$0.10	102.50
Royal Gold	$719.40M	15.39	$332.02M	$6.04	27.85

Which has more risk and volatility, SAND or RGLD?

Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SAND or RGLD?

Sandstorm Gold presently has a consensus target price of $9.25, suggesting a potential downside of 9.76%. Royal Gold has a consensus target price of $192.13, suggesting a potential upside of 14.20%. Given Royal Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Sandstorm Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sandstorm Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Royal Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is SAND or RGLD more profitable?

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
Sandstorm Gold	15.80%	2.00%	1.56%
Royal Gold	52.15%	12.48%	11.52%

Is SAND or RGLD a better dividend stock?

Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Sandstorm Gold pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold pays out 29.8% 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 increased 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.

Does the media prefer SAND or RGLD?

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 5 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Royal Gold and 12 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Sandstorm Gold's score of 0.29 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sandstorm Gold	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Royal Gold	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SAND or RGLD?

52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Royal Gold beats Sandstorm Gold on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.