OGC vs. SSL, IMG, CEE, EQX, DPM, FVI, SEA, PRU, CG, and KNT
Should you be buying OceanaGold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanaGold include Sandstorm Gold (SSL), IAMGOLD (IMG), Centamin (CEE), Equinox Gold (EQX), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Perseus Mining (PRU), Centerra Gold (CG), and K92 Mining (KNT). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) and OceanaGold (TSE:OGC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. OceanaGold pays an annual dividend of C$0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sandstorm Gold pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OceanaGold pays out 18.8% 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.
62.1% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of OceanaGold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of OceanaGold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sandstorm Gold received 220 more outperform votes than OceanaGold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.35% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave OceanaGold an outperform vote.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 23.22% compared to Sandstorm Gold's net margin of 8.10%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 4.88% beat OceanaGold's return on equity.
Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanaGold has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, OceanaGold had 16 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for OceanaGold and 15 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat OceanaGold's score of 0.41 indicating that OceanaGold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sandstorm Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$9.42, indicating a potential upside of 22.93%. OceanaGold has a consensus price target of C$4.08, indicating a potential upside of 27.21%. Given Sandstorm Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OceanaGold is more favorable than Sandstorm Gold.
OceanaGold has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. OceanaGold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
OceanaGold beats Sandstorm Gold on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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