Sandstorm Gold Q1 EPS Lowered by National Bank Financial

Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (NYSE:SAND) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial cut their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Sandstorm Gold in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 19th. National Bank Financial analyst S. Nagle now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.06 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.07. The consensus estimate for Sandstorm Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.19 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Sandstorm Gold’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.06 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.24 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.22 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. HC Wainwright lowered their price objective on shares of Sandstorm Gold from $12.00 to $11.50 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. StockNews.com cut shares of Sandstorm Gold from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $8.38.

Sandstorm Gold Price Performance

SAND stock opened at $5.99 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $5.83 and a 200 day simple moving average of $5.81. The stock has a market cap of $1.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 119.72 and a beta of 1.10. Sandstorm Gold has a 1 year low of $3.99 and a 1 year high of $6.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 1.95 and a quick ratio of 2.29.

Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $0.01 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.04 by ($0.03). Sandstorm Gold had a return on equity of 0.98% and a net margin of 8.11%. The firm had revenue of $47.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $67.49 million. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.04) EPS.

Sandstorm Gold Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 21st were paid a dividend of $0.02 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, January 21st. This is a positive change from Sandstorm Gold’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.02. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.34%. Sandstorm Gold’s dividend payout ratio is currently 100.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of SAND. Cantor Fitzgerald L. P. bought a new position in Sandstorm Gold during the fourth quarter worth $56,000. Lifeworks Advisors LLC bought a new position in Sandstorm Gold during the fourth quarter worth $57,000. Allworth Financial LP bought a new position in Sandstorm Gold during the third quarter worth $60,000. Meixler Investment Management Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Sandstorm Gold in the fourth quarter valued at $66,000. Finally, JTC Employer Solutions Trustee Ltd bought a new position in shares of Sandstorm Gold in the fourth quarter valued at $72,000. 51.97% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Sandstorm Gold

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.