Defiance Silver (DEF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Defiance Silver Corp., an exploration stage company, acquires, explores, evaluates, and develops mineral properties primarily in Mexico. It primarily explores for gold, copper, and silver deposits. The company was formerly known as Defiance Capital Corp. and changed its name to Defiance Silver Corp. in June 2011. Defiance Silver Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$0.20 to C$0.21
• 50-Day Range: C$0.16 to C$0.22
• 52-Week Range: C$0.15 to C$0.52
• Volume: 226,341 shs
• Average Volume: 1.12 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$75.23 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 380.00%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Strong Buy

Defiance Silver Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Defiance Silver scored higher than 12% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Strong Buy

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Defiance Silver has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Defiance Silver is -20.00, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Defiance Silver is -20.00, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Defiance Silver has a P/B Ratio of 1.16. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DEF.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Defiance Silver is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 9.72%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Defiance Silver does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

Defiance Silver has a news sentiment score of 0.96. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Defiance Silver this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Defiance Silver in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net C$26,942.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0358% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Defiance Silver insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought C$26,942.00 in company stock and sold C$0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.51% of the stock of Defiance Silver is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.30% of the stock of Defiance Silver is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: CVE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: CVE:DEF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.defiancesilver.com
• Phone: +1-604-6697315
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C($0.01)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -C$3.28 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -4.50%
• Return on Assets: -2.61%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 9.26
• Quick Ratio: 12.57

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: C$0.05 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.80
• Book Value: C$0.17 per share
• Price / Book: 1.16

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 376,161,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$75.23 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.64