Sandstorm Gold Ltd. Forecasted to Earn FY2025 Earnings of $0.18 Per Share (NYSE:SAND)

Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (NYSE:SAND) – Stock analysts at Raymond James increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Sandstorm Gold in a research note issued on Monday, September 23rd. Raymond James analyst B. Macarthur now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.18 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $0.12. The consensus estimate for Sandstorm Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.09 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Sandstorm Gold’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS.

Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $0.03 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.01. Sandstorm Gold had a net margin of 17.55% and a return on equity of 2.06%. The company had revenue of $41.37 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $40.50 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.01 earnings per share.

SAND has been the topic of several other research reports. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of Sandstorm Gold from $6.50 to $6.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, September 10th. CIBC raised their price objective on Sandstorm Gold from $9.00 to $9.50 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 10th. HC Wainwright upped their target price on Sandstorm Gold from $11.00 to $11.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 5th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Sandstorm Gold from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Sandstorm Gold currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $8.25.

Sandstorm Gold Price Performance

Sandstorm Gold stock opened at $6.09 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $5.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $5.55. Sandstorm Gold has a 52 week low of $3.96 and a 52 week high of $6.38. The stock has a market cap of $1.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 76.13 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a quick ratio of 1.99, a current ratio of 1.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27.

Institutional Trading of Sandstorm Gold

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Sprott Inc. raised its stake in Sandstorm Gold by 6.4% during the fourth quarter. Sprott Inc. now owns 4,048,355 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,365,000 after buying an additional 242,554 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners bought a new stake in Sandstorm Gold during the 1st quarter valued at about $1,902,000. Clearbridge Investments LLC raised its holdings in Sandstorm Gold by 48.1% in the first quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 384,921 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,021,000 after buying an additional 125,096 shares during the last quarter. Helikon Investments Ltd bought a new position in shares of Sandstorm Gold in the first quarter worth approximately $6,771,000. Finally, Sagil Capital LLP bought a new position in shares of Sandstorm Gold in the second quarter worth approximately $8,041,000. Institutional investors own 51.97% of the company’s stock.

Sandstorm Gold Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 15th will be paid a $0.015 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 15th. This is a boost from Sandstorm Gold’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $0.06 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.99%. Sandstorm Gold’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 62.50%.

Sandstorm Gold Company Profile

Sandstorm Gold Ltd. operates as a gold royalty company. The company focuses on acquiring royalties and gold and other metals purchase agreements from companies that have advanced stage operating mines. It offers upfront payments for companies to acquire a stream and receives the right to purchase a percentage of a mine's production for the life of the mine.