SEA vs. WFT, OR, BTO, ELD, IMG, EQX, PRU, NGD, CEE, and ASR
Should you be buying Seabridge Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seabridge Gold include West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTO), Eldorado Gold (ELD), IAMGOLD (IMG), Equinox Gold (EQX), Perseus Mining (PRU), New Gold (NGD), Centamin (CEE), and Alacer Gold (ASR). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Seabridge Gold vs.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (TSE:WFT) and Seabridge Gold (TSE:SEA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Seabridge Gold's return on equity of 1.19% beat West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO)'s return on equity.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share. Seabridge Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seabridge Gold pays out 666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) has higher revenue and earnings than Seabridge Gold. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seabridge Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Seabridge Gold had 1 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Seabridge Gold and 0 mentions for West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO). West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Seabridge Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) received 240 more outperform votes than Seabridge Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.15% of users gave West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) an outperform vote while only 64.38% of users gave Seabridge Gold an outperform vote.
53.2% of Seabridge Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Seabridge Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) beats Seabridge Gold on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SEA) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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