SBSW vs. DRD, HYMCL, NVA, ODVWZ, AEM, B, WPM, FNV, GFI, and KGC
Should you be buying Sibanye Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sibanye Gold include DRDGOLD (DRD), Hycroft Mining (HYMCL), Nova Minerals (NVA), Osisko Development (ODVWZ), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Mining (B), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), and Kinross Gold (KGC). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Sibanye Gold vs. Its Competitors
Sibanye Gold (NYSE:SBSW) and DRDGOLD (NYSE:DRD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Sibanye Gold had 8 more articles in the media than DRDGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sibanye Gold and 3 mentions for DRDGOLD. DRDGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Sibanye Gold's score of 0.50 indicating that DRDGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sibanye Gold currently has a consensus price target of $6.07, indicating a potential downside of 31.40%. DRDGOLD has a consensus price target of $18.75, indicating a potential downside of 10.44%. Given DRDGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DRDGOLD is more favorable than Sibanye Gold.
34.9% of Sibanye Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sibanye Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DRDGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DRDGOLD has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sibanye Gold. DRDGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sibanye Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sibanye Gold has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DRDGOLD has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DRDGOLD beats Sibanye Gold on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:SBSW) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
