Seabridge Gold (SEA) Competitors

Seabridge Gold (TSE:SEA) and Endeavour Mining (TSE:EDV) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Do analysts prefer SEA or EDV?

Endeavour Mining has a consensus target price of C$32.83, indicating a potential downside of 23.50%. Given Endeavour Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Endeavour Mining is more favorable than Seabridge Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seabridge Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Is SEA or EDV more profitable?

Seabridge Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Endeavour Mining's net margin of -14.83%. Seabridge Gold's return on equity of -1.60% beat Endeavour Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seabridge Gold	N/A	-1.60%	-0.87%
Endeavour Mining	-14.83%	-11.19%	3.54%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SEA or EDV?

53.2% of Seabridge Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Seabridge Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SEA or EDV a better dividend stock?

Seabridge Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Endeavour Mining pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Seabridge Gold pays out -424.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Endeavour Mining pays out -56.1% 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. Seabridge Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SEA or EDV?

Seabridge Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Endeavour Mining. Seabridge Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Endeavour Mining, 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
Seabridge Gold	N/A	N/A	-C$13.00M	-C$0.14	-141.49
Endeavour Mining	C$1.61B	4.54	-C$239.30M	-C$2.00	-21.49

Which has more risk & volatility, SEA or EDV?

Seabridge Gold has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavour Mining has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SEA or EDV?

In the previous week, Seabridge Gold had 3 more articles in the media than Endeavour Mining. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Seabridge Gold and 2 mentions for Endeavour Mining. Endeavour Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Seabridge Gold's score of 0.53 indicating that Endeavour Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Seabridge Gold	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Endeavour Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Endeavour Mining beats Seabridge Gold on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.