SBGL vs. BTG, ARMN, VZLA, TGB, IAUX, GROY, NFGC, PLG, VGZ, and TRX
Should you be buying Sibanye Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sibanye Gold include B2Gold (BTG), Aris Mining (ARMN), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Taseko Mines (TGB), i-80 Gold (IAUX), Gold Royalty (GROY), New Found Gold (NFGC), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Vista Gold (VGZ), and TRX Gold (TRX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Sibanye Gold vs. Its Competitors
Sibanye Gold (NYSE:SBGL) and B2Gold (NYSE:BTG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Sibanye Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. B2Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Sibanye Gold pays out -106.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B2Gold pays out -22.9% 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.
B2Gold has a consensus price target of $4.31, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Sibanye Gold.
In the previous week, B2Gold had 10 more articles in the media than Sibanye Gold. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for B2Gold and 0 mentions for Sibanye Gold. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Sibanye Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sibanye Gold has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B2Gold has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
19.2% of Sibanye Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sibanye Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of B2Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sibanye Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -33.12%. B2Gold's return on equity of 5.65% beat Sibanye Gold's return on equity.
B2Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sibanye Gold. Sibanye Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B2Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
B2Gold beats Sibanye Gold on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SBGL) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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