SBGL vs. AGI, PAAS, HMY, OR, BTG, EGO, IAG, SBSW, CDE, and AG
Should you be buying Sibanye Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sibanye Gold include Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), IAMGOLD (IAG), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Coeur Mining (CDE), and First Majestic Silver (AG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Sibanye Gold vs.
Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) and Sibanye Gold (NYSE:SBGL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Alamos Gold received 92 more outperform votes than Sibanye Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.44% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote while only 54.70% of users gave Sibanye Gold an outperform vote.
Alamos Gold presently has a consensus price target of $25.06, indicating a potential upside of 25.78%. Given Alamos Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than Sibanye Gold.
64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Sibanye Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Sibanye Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 15 more articles in the media than Sibanye Gold. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Alamos Gold and 0 mentions for Sibanye Gold. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Sibanye Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Sibanye Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Alamos Gold pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sibanye Gold pays out -106.3% 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. Sibanye Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 19.89% compared to Sibanye Gold's net margin of 0.00%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 8.85% beat Sibanye Gold's return on equity.
Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sibanye Gold has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamos Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sibanye Gold. Sibanye Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats Sibanye Gold on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SBGL) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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