SSRM vs. WFT, BTO, LUG, ELD, OR, PRU, EQX, ASR, IMG, and FVI
Should you be buying SSR Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SSR Mining include West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Perseus Mining (PRU), Equinox Gold (EQX), Alacer Gold (ASR), IAMGOLD (IMG), and Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (TSE:WFT) and SSR Mining (TSE:SSRM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO)'s average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat SSR Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that SSR Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
70.7% of SSR Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SSR Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) received 171 more outperform votes than SSR Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.15% of users gave West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) an outperform vote while only 67.52% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) has higher revenue and earnings than SSR Mining. SSR Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SSR Mining has a consensus target price of C$10.96, suggesting a potential upside of 50.73%.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO)'s net margin of -30.90%. SSR Mining's return on equity of 0.00% beat West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO)'s return on equity.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share. SSR Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SSR Mining pays out -13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SSR Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) beats SSR Mining on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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