SAND vs. FSM, CGAU, AG, IAG, SA, SILV, CDE, EXK, TGB, and GATO
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Centerra Gold (CGAU), First Majestic Silver (AG), IAMGOLD (IAG), Seabridge Gold (SA), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Coeur Mining (CDE), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Taseko Mines (TGB), and Gatos Silver (GATO). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) and Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sandstorm Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fortuna Silver Mines. Fortuna Silver Mines 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 Fortuna Silver Mines. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sandstorm Gold and 7 mentions for Fortuna Silver Mines. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Fortuna Silver Mines' score of 0.70 indicating that Sandstorm Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fortuna Silver Mines received 296 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.47% of users gave Fortuna Silver Mines an outperform vote while only 42.57% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Fortuna Silver Mines' net margin of -3.94%. Fortuna Silver Mines' return on equity of 6.04% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.
Sandstorm Gold presently has a consensus target price of $11.05, suggesting a potential upside of 88.57%. Fortuna Silver Mines has a consensus target price of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 30.74%. Given Sandstorm Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Fortuna Silver Mines.
Summary
Sandstorm Gold beats Fortuna Silver Mines on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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