Taseko Mines (TGB) Competitors

Taseko Mines (NYSE:TGB) and Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, TGB or SAND?

Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TGB or SAND?

Taseko Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. Taseko Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taseko Mines	$608.09M	1.02	$61.28M	-$0.03	-65.33
Sandstorm Gold	$176.28M	13.87	$41.72M	$0.05	166.60

Is TGB or SAND more profitable?

Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 8.11% compared to Taseko Mines' net margin of -2.09%. Taseko Mines' return on equity of 12.04% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taseko Mines	-2.09%	12.04%	2.89%
Sandstorm Gold	8.11%	0.98%	0.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TGB or SAND?

Sandstorm Gold received 52 more outperform votes than Taseko Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.67% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 30.77% of users gave Taseko Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taseko Mines	Outperform Votes 4 30.77%	Underperform Votes 9 69.23%
Sandstorm Gold	Outperform Votes 56 46.67%	Underperform Votes 64 53.33%

Does the media prefer TGB or SAND?

In the previous week, Sandstorm Gold had 5 more articles in the media than Taseko Mines. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sandstorm Gold and 6 mentions for Taseko Mines. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Taseko Mines' score of 0.25 indicating that Sandstorm Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Taseko Mines	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sandstorm Gold	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TGB or SAND?

17.9% of Taseko Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Taseko Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate TGB or SAND?

Sandstorm Gold has a consensus target price of $9.06, suggesting a potential upside of 8.79%. Given Sandstorm Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Taseko Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taseko Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Sandstorm Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Summary

Sandstorm Gold beats Taseko Mines on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.