Vizsla Silver (VZLA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SAND or VZLA?

Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SAND or VZLA?

Sandstorm Gold currently has a consensus price target of $9.06, suggesting a potential upside of 4.05%. Vizsla Silver has a consensus price target of $3.83, suggesting a potential upside of 80.82%. Given Vizsla Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vizsla Silver is more favorable than Sandstorm Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sandstorm Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Vizsla Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SAND or VZLA?

52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SAND or VZLA?

In the previous week, Sandstorm Gold had 9 more articles in the media than Vizsla Silver. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Sandstorm Gold and 6 mentions for Vizsla Silver. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Vizsla Silver's score of 0.93 indicating that Sandstorm Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sandstorm Gold	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vizsla Silver	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SAND or VZLA more profitable?

Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 8.11% compared to Vizsla Silver's net margin of 0.00%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 0.98% beat Vizsla Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sandstorm Gold	8.11%	0.98%	0.76%
Vizsla Silver	N/A	-5.59%	-5.52%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SAND or VZLA?

Sandstorm Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Vizsla Silver. Vizsla Silver 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
Sandstorm Gold	$176.28M	14.50	$41.72M	$0.05	174.20
Vizsla Silver	N/A	N/A	-$11.81M	-$0.01	-212.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SAND or VZLA?

Sandstorm Gold received 40 more outperform votes than Vizsla Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.19% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sandstorm Gold	Outperform Votes 56 46.67%	Underperform Votes 64 53.33%
Vizsla Silver	Outperform Votes 16 76.19%	Underperform Votes 5 23.81%

Summary

Sandstorm Gold beats Vizsla Silver on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.