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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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Royal Gold has a net margin of 52.15% compared to Silver Standard Resources' net margin of 7.82%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 12.48% beat Silver Standard Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Silver Standard Resources7.82% 2.44% 1.83%
Royal Gold 52.15%12.48%11.52%

Silver Standard Resources has a beta of -0.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Silver Standard Resources currently has a consensus price target of $11.28, indicating a potential downside of 9.66%. Royal Gold has a consensus price target of $192.13, indicating a potential upside of 23.96%. Given Royal Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 5 more articles in the media than Silver Standard Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Royal Gold and 5 mentions for Silver Standard Resources. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Silver Standard Resources' score of 0.80 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royal Gold
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Royal Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Silver Standard Resources$995.62M2.54-$261.28M$0.4130.44
Royal Gold$763.93M13.35$332.02M$6.0425.66

Summary

Royal Gold beats Silver Standard Resources on 13 of the 16 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$2.55B$6.44B$3.29B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A1.95%5.15%4.01%
P/E Ratio30.4428.85113.9120.05
Price / Sales2.54479.3929,967,650,242,439,600.0089.38
Price / Cash13.5428.3623.9258.56
Price / Book0.647.966.085.87
Net Income-$261.28M$278.61M$147.58M$258.55M
7 Day Performance5.76%2.01%1.91%3.73%
1 Month Performance-1.27%13.72%6.34%11.75%
1 Year Performance127.32%41.10%30.45%18.03%

Silver Standard Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSRM
Silver Standard Resources
1.5874 of 5 stars
$12.48
-0.6%
$11.28
-9.7%
+128.6%$2.55B$995.62M30.442,300Analyst Upgrade
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.6101 of 5 stars
$157.48
+1.8%
$192.13
+22.0%
+14.5%$10.37B$719.40M26.0730Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.1822 of 5 stars
$122.69
+4.2%
$136.90
+11.6%
+73.8%$61.69B$8.29B26.1016,968Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
AG
First Majestic Silver
2.67 of 5 stars
$8.70
+5.0%
$9.63
+10.7%
+46.5%$4.24B$560.60M-29.983,818Positive News
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.2626 of 5 stars
$25.74
+3.4%
$30.38
+18.0%
+58.5%$10.82B$1.40B41.512,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
BTG
B2Gold
2.2512 of 5 stars
$3.43
+3.0%
$4.31
+25.7%
+20.5%$4.54B$1.97B-7.154,690Analyst Revision
EGO
Eldorado Gold
4.3673 of 5 stars
$20.42
+3.4%
$23.60
+15.6%
+32.0%$4.16B$1.32B12.844,800Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
HL
Hecla Mining
4.0449 of 5 stars
$6.06
+4.0%
$7.07
+16.8%
+7.2%$3.83B$929.92M55.051,830
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.2029 of 5 stars
$29.49
+5.0%
$31.40
+6.5%
+36.1%$10.67B$2.82B33.909,000Analyst Revision
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.0181 of 5 stars
$16.36
+4.1%
N/A+5.1%$1.67BN/A-163.6040
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.9344 of 5 stars
$91.34
+3.4%
$93.00
+1.8%
+60.0%$41.46B$1.28B67.1640Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:SSRM) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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