National Bank Financial Estimates Sandstorm Gold Q1 Earnings

Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (NYSE:SAND) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Sandstorm Gold in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 19th. National Bank Financial analyst S. Nagle now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.06 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate 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.

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

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. HC Wainwright decreased their price target on shares of Sandstorm Gold from $12.00 to $11.50 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Sandstorm Gold from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Sandstorm Gold has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $8.38.

Sandstorm Gold Price Performance

Sandstorm Gold stock opened at $6.19 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $1.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 123.72 and a beta of 1.10. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $5.82 and its 200 day moving average is $5.80. The company has a quick ratio of 2.29, a current ratio of 1.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. Sandstorm Gold has a 52-week low of $3.99 and a 52-week high of $6.67.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in SAND. Boston Partners grew its holdings in shares of Sandstorm Gold by 39,289.9% in the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 9,812,015 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,751,000 after purchasing an additional 9,787,105 shares during the last quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP grew its holdings in Sandstorm Gold by 580.6% during the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 2,314,684 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,916,000 after acquiring an additional 1,974,600 shares in the last quarter. Sprott Inc. grew its holdings in Sandstorm Gold by 77.9% during the 4th quarter. Sprott Inc. now owns 4,465,843 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,925,000 after acquiring an additional 1,955,916 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Sandstorm Gold by 35.0% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 6,522,246 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,394,000 after acquiring an additional 1,691,296 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its holdings in Sandstorm Gold by 74.9% during the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 2,890,535 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,447,000 after acquiring an additional 1,238,050 shares in the last quarter. 51.97% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Sandstorm Gold Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 21st were issued a $0.02 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, January 21st. This is a boost from Sandstorm Gold’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.02. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.29%. Sandstorm Gold’s dividend payout ratio is presently 100.00%.

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.