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Silver Standard Resources (SSRM) Competitors

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$21.10 +0.69 (+3.38%)
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SSRM vs. RGLD, AEM, AG, AGI, BTG, EGO, 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), First Majestic Silver (AG), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), 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

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Silver Standard Resources$995.62M4.30-$261.28M$0.7827.05
Royal Gold$799.48M15.22$332.02M$6.8227.11

Silver Standard Resources has a beta of -0.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Silver Standard Resources currently has a consensus price target of $12.55, suggesting a potential downside of 40.52%. Royal Gold has a consensus price target of $198.63, suggesting a potential upside of 7.45%. 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
Silver Standard Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 10 more articles in the media than Silver Standard Resources. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Royal Gold and 5 mentions for Silver Standard Resources. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Silver Standard Resources' score of 0.84 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

68.3% of Silver Standard Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Silver Standard Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
Silver Standard Resources12.66% 4.99% 3.66%
Royal Gold 56.24%13.30%12.32%

Summary

Royal Gold beats Silver Standard Resources on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SSRM vs. The Competition

MetricSilver Standard ResourcesMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.28B$6.51B$3.55B$9.92B
Dividend YieldN/A1.83%5.06%4.52%
P/E Ratio27.0517.58157.6726.13
Price / Sales4.30557.0913,734.42172.60
Price / Cash22.7431.9524.2559.28
Price / Book1.088.976.486.09
Net Income-$261.28M$279.20M$149.66M$266.51M
7 Day Performance9.27%1.83%2.61%0.45%
1 Month Performance42.18%8.64%9.37%5.05%
1 Year Performance331.49%63.30%48.22%26.03%

Silver Standard Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSRM
Silver Standard Resources
1.5836 of 5 stars
$21.10
+3.4%
$12.55
-40.5%
+331.5%$4.28B$995.62M27.052,300Short Interest ↑
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.088 of 5 stars
$179.58
+2.0%
$198.63
+10.6%
+37.9%$11.82B$799.48M26.3330Positive News
Short Interest ↑
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.8593 of 5 stars
$144.23
+3.7%
$136.90
-5.1%
+97.6%$72.52B$8.29B24.5316,968Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
AG
First Majestic Silver
1.8413 of 5 stars
$9.16
+2.2%
$9.63
+5.1%
+97.7%$4.46B$560.60M-914.593,818News Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
Gap Up
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.6456 of 5 stars
$30.47
+2.8%
$30.38
-0.3%
+78.0%$12.81B$1.35B36.712,400News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
BTG
B2Gold
2.0578 of 5 stars
$4.13
+2.2%
$4.31
+4.4%
+57.4%$5.46B$2.17B-8.604,690Positive News
Gap Up
EGO
Eldorado Gold
3.5369 of 5 stars
$24.82
+3.1%
$23.60
-4.9%
+65.0%$5.04B$1.32B12.474,800News Coverage
Positive News
HL
Hecla Mining
3.3857 of 5 stars
$8.52
+5.6%
$7.36
-13.7%
+65.4%$5.71B$1.06B53.281,830News Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
Gap Up
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.9049 of 5 stars
$33.98
+3.2%
$31.40
-7.6%
+85.8%$12.30B$2.82B23.449,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.317 of 5 stars
$17.46
+5.8%
N/A+11.1%$1.78BN/A-45.9340News Coverage
Positive News
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.1242 of 5 stars
$100.43
+3.3%
$97.33
-3.1%
+80.0%$45.59B$1.28B58.0540Positive News

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