Should You Buy Sibanye Gold Limited (SBGL) Now?

Sibanye Gold Limited (NYSE:SBGL), a materials company based in South Africa, saw a double-digit share price rise of over 10% in the past couple of months on the NYSE. With many analysts covering the mid-cap stock, we may expect any price-sensitive announcements have already been factored into the stock’s share price. However, could the stock still be trading at a relatively cheap price? Let’s take a look at SBGL’s outlook and value based on the most recent financial data to see if the opportunity still exists. See our latest analysis for SBGL

What is SBGL worth?

Good news, investors! SBGL is still a bargain right now. According to my valuation, the intrinsic value for the stock is $8.2 which is above what the market is valuing the company at the moment. This indicates a potential opportunity to buy low. What’s more interesting is that, SBGL’s share price is quite stable, which could mean two things: firstly, it may take the share price a while to move to its intrinsic value, and secondly, there may be less chances to buy low in the future once it reaches that value. This is because SBGL’s stock is less volatile than the wider market given its low beta.

What does the future of SBGL look like?

NYSE:SBGL Future Profit Sep 19th 17
NYSE:SBGL Future Profit Sep 19th 17

Future outlook is an important aspect when you’re looking at buying a stock, especially if you are an investor looking for growth in your portfolio.Although value investors would argue that it’s the intrinsic value relative to the price that matter the most, a more compelling investment thesis would be high growth potential at a cheap price. With revenues expected to grow by 55.56% over the next couple of years, the future seems bright for SBGL. If the level of expenses is able to be maintained, it looks like higher cash flows is on the cards for the stock, which should feed into a higher share valuation.

What this means for you:

Are you a shareholder? Since SBGL is currently undervalued, it may be a great time to accumulate more of your holdings in the stock. With an optimistic outlook on the horizon, it seems like this growth has not yet been fully factored into the share price. However, there are also other factors such as capital structure to consider, which could explain the current undervaluation.

Are you a potential investor? If you’ve been keeping an eye on SBGL for a while, now might be the time to enter the stock. Its prosperous future outlook isn’t fully reflected in the current share price yet, which means it’s not too late to buy SBGL. But before you make any investment decisions, consider other factors such as the strength of its balance sheet, in order to make a well-informed buy.

Price is just the tip of the iceberg. Dig deeper into what truly matters – the fundamentals – before you make a decision on Sibanye Gold. You can find everything you need to know about SBGL in the latest infographic research report. If you are no longer interested in Sibanye Gold, you can use our free platform to see my list of over 50 other stocks with a high growth potential.


To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.

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