SSL vs. AGI, YRI, WFT, BTO, LUG, ELD, OR, PRU, EQX, and ASR
Should you be buying Sandstorm Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sandstorm Gold include Alamos Gold (AGI), Yamana Gold (YRI), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Perseus Mining (PRU), Equinox Gold (EQX), and Alacer Gold (ASR). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Alamos Gold (TSE:AGI) and Sandstorm Gold (TSE:SSL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamos Gold received 366 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.16% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote while only 61.98% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alamos Gold and 2 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Alamos Gold's score of -0.33 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alamos Gold currently has a consensus price target of C$22.55, indicating a potential downside of 1.05%. Sandstorm Gold has a consensus price target of C$9.38, indicating a potential upside of 21.91%. Given Alamos Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Alamos Gold.
69.8% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Alamos Gold pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sandstorm Gold pays out 72.7% 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.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 19.41% compared to Alamos Gold's net margin of 12.24%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 7.12% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.
Alamos Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Sandstorm Gold. Alamos Gold 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
Alamos Gold beats Sandstorm Gold on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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