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Sibanye Gold (SBGL) Competitors

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SBGL vs. BTG, ARMN, VZLA, TGB, IAUX, GROY, NFGC, PLG, VGZ, and TRX

Should you be buying Sibanye Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sibanye Gold include B2Gold (BTG), Aris Mining (ARMN), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Taseko Mines (TGB), i-80 Gold (IAUX), Gold Royalty (GROY), New Found Gold (NFGC), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Vista Gold (VGZ), and TRX Gold (TRX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Sibanye Gold vs. Its Competitors

Sibanye Gold (NYSE:SBGL) and B2Gold (NYSE:BTG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Sibanye Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -33.12%. B2Gold's return on equity of 5.65% beat Sibanye Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sibanye GoldN/A N/A N/A
B2Gold -33.12%5.65%4.06%

Sibanye Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. B2Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Sibanye Gold pays out -106.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B2Gold pays out -17.0% 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.

In the previous week, B2Gold had 5 more articles in the media than Sibanye Gold. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for B2Gold and 1 mentions for Sibanye Gold. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Sibanye Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sibanye Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
B2Gold
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sibanye Gold has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B2Gold has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

B2Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sibanye Gold. Sibanye Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B2Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sibanye Gold$5.04B1.10$4.50M-$0.32-25.88
B2Gold$1.97B2.31$10.10M-$0.47-7.32

19.2% of Sibanye Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sibanye Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of B2Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

B2Gold has a consensus target price of $4.31, suggesting a potential upside of 25.36%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Sibanye Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sibanye Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
B2Gold
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Summary

B2Gold beats Sibanye Gold on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SBGL vs. The Competition

MetricSibanye GoldGold & Silver Ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.53B$627.84M$3.18B$20.69B
Dividend Yield2.31%1.79%5.19%3.67%
P/E Ratio-25.881.48117.7729.07
Price / Sales1.1016.7730,017,513,221,196,900.0066.55
Price / Cash12.5139.3823.7822.84
Price / Book2.493.455.894.43
Net Income$4.50M-$316.80K$148.55M$994.22M

Sibanye Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBGL
Sibanye Gold
N/A$8.28
-1.0%
N/A+90.4%$5.53B$5.04B-25.8852,631News Coverage
BTG
B2Gold
3.321 of 5 stars
$3.54
+3.1%
$4.31
+22.0%
+16.6%$4.69B$1.97B-7.394,690Gap Up
ARMN
Aris Mining
2.2179 of 5 stars
$7.38
+2.9%
N/A+65.5%$1.34B$560.51M-370.253,405Positive News
Gap Up
VZLA
Vizsla Silver
1.539 of 5 stars
$3.32
+0.5%
$3.83
+15.6%
+40.4%$1.13BN/A-331.5010
TGB
Taseko Mines
2.5683 of 5 stars
$3.43
+5.7%
$5.00
+46.0%
+46.0%$1.08B$600.30M-114.17696News Coverage
IAUX
i-80 Gold
2.4206 of 5 stars
$0.65
+7.2%
$1.50
+130.4%
N/A$514.64M$55.97M-1.8180
GROY
Gold Royalty
1.9751 of 5 stars
$2.50
+2.3%
$3.75
+50.3%
+92.8%$427.03M$10.35M-19.274Gap Up
NFGC
New Found Gold
1.2322 of 5 stars
$1.74
+5.2%
$5.00
+188.2%
-43.1%$400.89MN/A-7.9398
PLG
Platinum Group Metals
0.1618 of 5 stars
$1.81
-0.8%
N/A-3.2%$201.01MN/A-30.0810News Coverage
VGZ
Vista Gold
2.9004 of 5 stars
$0.99
+1.2%
$3.00
+202.1%
+79.1%$123.96MN/A11.0310News Coverage
TRX
TRX Gold
2.1619 of 5 stars
$0.37
+3.6%
$1.10
+194.9%
-14.5%$105.52M$47.73M-34.20120High Trading Volume

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