SSL vs. AGI, YRI, WFT, BTO, LUG, ELD, OR, PRU, EQX, and ASR
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include Alamos Gold (AGI), Yamana Gold (YRI), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Perseus Mining (PRU), Equinox Gold (EQX), and Alacer Gold (ASR). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) and Alamos Gold (TSE:AGI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 19.41% compared to Sandstorm Gold's net margin of 12.24%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 7.12% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.
Alamos Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. Alamos Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamos Gold received 366 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.16% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 61.98% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote.
Sandstorm Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$9.38, suggesting a potential upside of 19.73%. Alamos Gold has a consensus price target of C$22.55, suggesting a potential downside of 1.96%. Given Sandstorm Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Alamos Gold.
In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alamos Gold and 0 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Sandstorm Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sandstorm Gold pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamos Gold pays out 19.7% 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.
61.3% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats Sandstorm Gold on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SSL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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