SSL vs. OVV, HSE, VRN, POU, COP, BTE, AAV, IPCO, VET, and GBR
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include Ovintiv (OVV), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Veren (VRN), Paramount Resources (POU), Coro Mining (COP), Baytex Energy (BTE), Advantage Energy (AAV), International Petroleum (IPCO), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Great Bear Resources (GBR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Sandstorm Gold vs. Its Competitors
Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) and Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) are both mid-cap petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sandstorm Gold has a consensus target price of C$12.42, suggesting a potential downside of 6.29%. Given Sandstorm Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Ovintiv.
Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ovintiv had 5 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ovintiv and 0 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Sandstorm Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Ovintiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Ovintiv's net margin of 20.34%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.
Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Ovintiv pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sandstorm Gold pays out 53.2% 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. Ovintiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
83.2% of Ovintiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ovintiv beats Sandstorm Gold on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:SSL) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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