OGC vs. SSL, FVI, CEE, EQX, DPM, IMG, CG, SEA, NGD, and KNT
Should you be buying OceanaGold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanaGold include Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Centamin (CEE), Equinox Gold (EQX), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), IAMGOLD (IMG), Centerra Gold (CG), Seabridge Gold (SEA), New Gold (NGD), and K92 Mining (KNT). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) and OceanaGold (TSE:OGC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. OceanaGold pays an annual dividend of C$0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Sandstorm Gold pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OceanaGold pays out 42.9% 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. Sandstorm Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Sandstorm Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$9.38, suggesting a potential upside of 21.44%. OceanaGold has a consensus target price of C$4.17, suggesting a potential upside of 35.28%. Given Sandstorm Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OceanaGold is more favorable than Sandstorm Gold.
Sandstorm Gold received 220 more outperform votes than OceanaGold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.16% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave OceanaGold an outperform vote.
Sandstorm Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OceanaGold. Sandstorm Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OceanaGold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sandstorm Gold had 11 more articles in the media than OceanaGold. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Sandstorm Gold and 4 mentions for OceanaGold. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat OceanaGold's score of 0.24 indicating that OceanaGold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
62.6% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of OceanaGold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of OceanaGold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanaGold has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 23.22% compared to Sandstorm Gold's net margin of 3.69%. OceanaGold's return on equity of 2.95% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.
Summary
Sandstorm Gold beats OceanaGold on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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