SAND vs. CDE, IAG, FSM, AG, CGAU, TGB, NFGC, DRD, GATO, and EXK
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include Coeur Mining (CDE), IAMGOLD (IAG), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), First Majestic Silver (AG), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Taseko Mines (TGB), New Found Gold (NFGC), DRDGOLD (DRD), Gatos Silver (GATO), and Endeavour Silver (EXK). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Coeur Mining currently has a consensus price target of $4.36, indicating a potential downside of 10.60%. Sandstorm Gold has a consensus price target of $10.95, indicating a potential upside of 101.66%. Given Coeur Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
Coeur Mining received 450 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.44% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 42.42% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote.
Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Sandstorm Gold's net margin of -12.77%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 1.52% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.
In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 7 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Coeur Mining and 10 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.21 indicating that Coeur Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold 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 lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Coeur Mining beats Sandstorm Gold on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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