PPTA vs. SAND, CGAU, SA, SILV, EXK, GATO, TGB, DRD, NFGC, and ARMN
Should you be buying Perpetua Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perpetua Resources include Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Gatos Silver (GATO), Taseko Mines (TGB), DRDGOLD (DRD), New Found Gold (NFGC), and Aris Mining (ARMN). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) and Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
70.1% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Perpetua Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Sandstorm Gold received 27 more outperform votes than Perpetua Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.00% of users gave Perpetua Resources an outperform vote while only 42.57% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote.
Perpetua Resources has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Perpetua Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 1.52% beat Perpetua Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Sandstorm Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Perpetua Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sandstorm Gold and 1 mentions for Perpetua Resources. Perpetua Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Sandstorm Gold's score of 0.64 indicating that Perpetua Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perpetua Resources currently has a consensus price target of $11.63, suggesting a potential upside of 69.96%. Sandstorm Gold has a consensus price target of $11.05, suggesting a potential upside of 94.54%. Given Sandstorm Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than Perpetua Resources.
Sandstorm Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Perpetua Resources. Perpetua 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.
Summary
Sandstorm Gold beats Perpetua Resources on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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