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SSRM vs. RGLD, AEM, AGI, BTG, EGO, FNV, HL, PAAS, SA, and WPM

Should you be buying Silver Standard Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silver Standard Resources include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Hecla Mining (HL), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Silver Standard Resources vs. Its Competitors

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) and Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ:SSRM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Silver Standard Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Silver Standard Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Royal Gold has a net margin of 56.24% compared to Silver Standard Resources' net margin of 12.66%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 13.30% beat Silver Standard Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Gold56.24% 13.30% 12.32%
Silver Standard Resources 12.66%4.99%3.66%

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 6 more articles in the media than Silver Standard Resources. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Royal Gold and 6 mentions for Silver Standard Resources. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Silver Standard Resources' score of 0.76 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Gold
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Silver Standard Resources
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Royal Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Silver Standard Resources. Royal Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silver Standard Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Gold$719.40M18.78$332.02M$6.8230.09
Silver Standard Resources$1.30B3.66-$261.28M$0.7830.14

Royal Gold currently has a consensus target price of $198.63, suggesting a potential downside of 3.22%. Silver Standard Resources has a consensus target price of $13.55, suggesting a potential downside of 42.36%. Given Royal Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Silver Standard Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Silver Standard Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silver Standard Resources has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Silver Standard Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silver Standard Resources pays out 17.9% 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. Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Royal Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Royal Gold beats Silver Standard Resources on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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SSRM vs. The Competition

MetricSilver Standard ResourcesMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.71B$7.10B$3.77B$10.55B
Dividend YieldN/A1.71%5.04%4.75%
P/E Ratio30.1420.22159.4127.60
Price / Sales3.66149.6524,908.29205.12
Price / Cash25.06109.2826.3561.55
Price / Book1.218.587.296.76
Net Income-$261.28M$275.71M$148.88M$275.88M
7 Day Performance0.04%11.84%4.37%2.81%
1 Month Performance11.11%41.04%14.54%9.24%
1 Year Performance331.38%98.56%64.92%35.42%

Silver Standard Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSRM
Silver Standard Resources
1.5348 of 5 stars
$23.51
+1.1%
$13.55
-42.4%
+326.7%$4.71B$1.30B30.142,300Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
RGLD
Royal Gold
3.7985 of 5 stars
$198.50
+0.9%
$198.63
+0.1%
+49.0%$12.95B$719.40M30.6430Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.6046 of 5 stars
$167.03
+2.2%
$141.40
-15.3%
+117.0%$82.17B$8.29B27.8416,968Analyst Forecast
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.4191 of 5 stars
$34.66
+1.4%
$30.38
-12.4%
+75.7%$14.38B$1.35B37.152,400Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BTG
B2Gold
1.7115 of 5 stars
$4.96
+0.8%
$4.50
-9.3%
+77.5%$6.56B$2.17B-10.334,690Gap Up
EGO
Eldorado Gold
3.1564 of 5 stars
$28.46
-1.4%
$23.60
-17.1%
+72.7%$5.86B$1.32B17.074,800Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.2439 of 5 stars
$219.16
+0.8%
$187.63
-14.4%
+77.5%$41.92B$1.11B53.5840Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
HL
Hecla Mining
3.3307 of 5 stars
$11.89
+1.9%
$7.36
-38.1%
+107.5%$7.82B$929.92M61.421,830Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.5518 of 5 stars
$38.81
+1.2%
$32.20
-17.0%
+87.8%$16.19B$2.82B25.249,000Positive News
Gap Up
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.1976 of 5 stars
$23.67
+8.1%
N/A+50.6%$2.24BN/A0.0040Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.232 of 5 stars
$110.71
+1.5%
$106.11
-4.2%
+79.5%$49.50B$1.28B55.6340Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:SSRM) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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