SSL vs. OVV, HSE, VRN, COP, POU, BTE, GBR, AAV, IPCO, and VET
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include Ovintiv (OVV), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Veren (VRN), Coro Mining (COP), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Great Bear Resources (GBR), Advantage Energy (AAV), International Petroleum (IPCO), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Sandstorm Gold vs.
Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Sandstorm Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$10.57, suggesting a potential downside of 10.03%. Ovintiv has a consensus price target of C$68.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.96%. Given Ovintiv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ovintiv is more favorable than Sandstorm Gold.
Sandstorm Gold received 189 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.81% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 61.76% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.
Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, meaning that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Ovintiv's net margin of 20.34%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.
Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sandstorm Gold had 3 more articles in the media than Ovintiv. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sandstorm Gold and 3 mentions for Ovintiv. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Ovintiv's score of -0.04 indicating that Sandstorm Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Sandstorm Gold pays out 53.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 14.8% 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. Ovintiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
61.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Ovintiv shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ovintiv beats Sandstorm Gold on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SSL) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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