SAND vs. IAG, FSM, CDE, CGAU, AG, SA, NFGC, GATO, TGB, and DRD
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include IAMGOLD (IAG), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Coeur Mining (CDE), Centerra Gold (CGAU), First Majestic Silver (AG), Seabridge Gold (SA), New Found Gold (NFGC), Gatos Silver (GATO), Taseko Mines (TGB), and DRDGOLD (DRD). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) and IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG) 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 dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 23.22% compared to IAMGOLD's net margin of 9.55%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 2.89% beat IAMGOLD's return on equity.
IAMGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IAMGOLD received 571 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.24% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote while only 42.42% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote.
Sandstorm Gold presently has a consensus price target of $10.95, indicating a potential upside of 95.54%. IAMGOLD has a consensus price target of $3.55, indicating a potential downside of 4.31%. Given Sandstorm Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than IAMGOLD.
52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 5 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for IAMGOLD and 14 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. IAMGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Sandstorm Gold's score of 0.38 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sandstorm Gold beats IAMGOLD on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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