SSL vs. IMG, OGC, CEE, DPM, EQX, CG, TXG, OLA, NGD, and SEA
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include IAMGOLD (IMG), OceanaGold (OGC), Centamin (CEE), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Equinox Gold (EQX), Centerra Gold (CG), Torex Gold Resources (TXG), Orla Mining (OLA), New Gold (NGD), and Seabridge Gold (SEA). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) and Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 2 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IAMGOLD and 5 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat IAMGOLD's score of 0.01 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 23.22% compared to Sandstorm Gold's net margin of 9.55%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 4.36% beat IAMGOLD's return on equity.
60.7% of IAMGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of IAMGOLD 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IAMGOLD currently has a consensus price target of C$4.06, suggesting a potential downside of 9.44%. Sandstorm Gold has a consensus price target of C$9.46, suggesting a potential upside of 32.47%. Given IAMGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than IAMGOLD.
IAMGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IAMGOLD received 120 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.75% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 52.64% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.
Summary
Sandstorm Gold beats IAMGOLD on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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