Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of mineral properties in Latin America. The company primarily explores for silver and zinc, as well as lead and copper deposits. It holds 100% interests in the Zimapan Mine that consists of 34 mining concessions covering an area of 5,139 hectares located in Hidalgo, Mexico; the Sinchi Wayra and the Illapa assets located in Bolivia; and exploration properties, which include the La Pechuga Property and the Santa Gorgonia Prospect. The company was formerly known as Forte Resources Inc. and changed its name to Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. in April 2012. Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$13.26 to C$13.91
• 50-Day Range: C$8.36 to C$14.38
• 52-Week Range: C$6.86 to C$23.90
• Volume: 162,545 shs
• Average Volume: 360,603 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$1.24 billion
• P/E Ratio: 29.64
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Strong Buy

Santacruz Silver Mining Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Santacruz Silver Mining scored higher than 4% 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

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Santacruz Silver Mining is 29.64, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.02.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Santacruz Silver Mining is 29.64, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.37.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Santacruz Silver Mining has a P/B Ratio of 5.81. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued 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 SCZ.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Santacruz Silver Mining does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.58

News Sentiment

Santacruz Silver Mining has a news sentiment score of 1.58. 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 0.59 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Santacruz Silver Mining this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Santacruz Silver Mining insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$602,800.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

7.00% of the stock of Santacruz Silver Mining is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

9.53% of the stock of Santacruz Silver Mining is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: CVE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: CVE:SCZ
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.santacruzsilver.com
• Phone: +1-604-5691609
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.45
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.64
• Forward P/E Ratio: 1,273.36
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: C$106.93 million
• Net Margins: 10.03%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 21.53%
• Return on Assets: 1.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 21.20
• Current Ratio: 1.51
• Quick Ratio: 0.51

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$423.76 million
• Price / Sales: 2.93
• Cash Flow: C$0.48 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 27.94
• Book Value: C$2.30 per share
• Price / Book: 5.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 92,990,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$1.24 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 3.34