CEE vs. SSL, IMG, OGC, FVI, PRU, DPM, CG, EQX, KNT, and SEA
Should you be buying Centamin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centamin include Sandstorm Gold (SSL), IAMGOLD (IMG), OceanaGold (OGC), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Perseus Mining (PRU), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Centerra Gold (CG), Equinox Gold (EQX), K92 Mining (KNT), and Seabridge Gold (SEA). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) and Centamin (TSE:CEE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Sandstorm Gold had 12 more articles in the media than Centamin. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Sandstorm Gold and 0 mentions for Centamin. Centamin's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Sandstorm Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Sandstorm Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 23.22% compared to Sandstorm Gold's net margin of 10.35%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 14.33% beat Centamin's return on equity.
Centamin has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. Centamin 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 presently has a consensus price target of C$9.38, indicating a potential upside of 23.03%. Given Centamin's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Centamin.
Sandstorm Gold received 115 more outperform votes than Centamin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.16% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 62.98% of users gave Centamin an outperform vote.
62.6% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Centamin shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Centamin 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.
Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centamin has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Centamin pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Sandstorm Gold pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centamin pays out 45.5% 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.
Summary
Sandstorm Gold beats Centamin on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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