SBGL vs. AGI, HMY, PAAS, CDE, OR, BTG, EGO, IAG, SBSW, and AG
Should you be buying Sibanye Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sibanye Gold include Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Coeur Mining (CDE), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), IAMGOLD (IAG), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), and First Majestic Silver (AG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Sibanye Gold vs.
Sibanye Gold (NYSE:SBGL) and Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 5 more articles in the media than Sibanye Gold. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Alamos Gold and 4 mentions for Sibanye Gold. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Sibanye Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alamos Gold has a consensus target price of $30.38, indicating a potential upside of 15.68%. Given Alamos Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than Sibanye Gold.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 21.11% compared to Sibanye Gold's net margin of 0.00%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 10.05% beat Sibanye Gold's return on equity.
19.2% of Sibanye Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sibanye Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alamos Gold received 99 more outperform votes than Sibanye Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.62% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote while only 54.70% of users gave Sibanye Gold an outperform vote.
Alamos Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sibanye Gold. Sibanye Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sibanye Gold has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sibanye Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Sibanye Gold pays out -106.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamos Gold pays out 16.1% 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. Sibanye Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats Sibanye Gold on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SBGL) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
