SSL vs. POU, IPCO, AAV, OBE, HME, HAL, COP, WPX, CVX, and E
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include Paramount Resources (POU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Advantage Energy (AAV), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Hemisphere Energy (HME), Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common (HAL), Coro Mining (COP), Western Resources (WPX), CEMATRIX (CVX), and Enterprise Group (E). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) and Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Sandstorm Gold pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Resources pays out 78.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Paramount Resources has a net margin of 19.97% compared to Sandstorm Gold's net margin of 12.24%. Paramount Resources' return on equity of 9.92% beat Sandstorm Gold's return on equity.
61.3% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Paramount Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Paramount Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Paramount Resources received 172 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.57% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 52.28% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.
Paramount Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. Paramount Resources 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, Sandstorm Gold had 19 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Sandstorm Gold and 1 mentions for Paramount Resources. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Paramount Resources' score of 0.59 indicating that Sandstorm Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sandstorm Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$9.85, suggesting a potential upside of 26.61%. Paramount Resources has a consensus target price of C$37.45, suggesting a potential upside of 26.56%. Given Sandstorm Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Paramount Resources.
Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.19, meaning that its stock price is 219% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Paramount Resources beats Sandstorm Gold on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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