SSL vs. HSE, VRN, POU, BTE, COP, IPCO, VET, GBR, AAV, and VNR
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Veren (VRN), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Coro Mining (COP), International Petroleum (IPCO), Vermilion Energy (VET), Great Bear Resources (GBR), Advantage Energy (AAV), and Valener (VNR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Sandstorm Gold vs.
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (TSE:HSE) and Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s net margin of 0.00%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 2.48% beat Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s return on equity.
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share. Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sandstorm Gold pays out 53.2% 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.
61.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) received 199 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.90% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 57.05% of users gave Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) an outperform vote.
Sandstorm Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) 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 10 more articles in the media than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sandstorm Gold and 0 mentions for Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Sandstorm Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sandstorm Gold has a consensus target price of C$9.92, suggesting a potential downside of 9.52%. Given Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) is more favorable than Sandstorm Gold.
Summary
Sandstorm Gold beats Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SSL) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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