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Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM) Competitors

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$6.24 +0.17 (+2.80%)
As of 04/30/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

FSM vs. BTG, IAG, OR, EGO, SBSW, AG, SAND, SILV, CGAU, and DRD

Should you be buying Fortuna Silver Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortuna Silver Mines include B2Gold (BTG), IAMGOLD (IAG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), First Majestic Silver (AG), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Centerra Gold (CGAU), and DRDGOLD (DRD). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Fortuna Silver Mines vs.

B2Gold (NYSE:BTG) and Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

In the previous week, B2Gold had 14 more articles in the media than Fortuna Silver Mines. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for B2Gold and 16 mentions for Fortuna Silver Mines. Fortuna Silver Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat B2Gold's score of 0.75 indicating that Fortuna Silver Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
B2Gold
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fortuna Silver Mines
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

B2Gold has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

61.4% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of B2Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

B2Gold currently has a consensus price target of $4.21, suggesting a potential upside of 35.45%. Fortuna Silver Mines has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.18%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Fortuna Silver Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
B2Gold
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Fortuna Silver Mines
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Fortuna Silver Mines received 330 more outperform votes than B2Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.97% of users gave Fortuna Silver Mines an outperform vote while only 36.00% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
B2GoldOutperform Votes
9
36.00%
Underperform Votes
16
64.00%
Fortuna Silver MinesOutperform Votes
339
52.97%
Underperform Votes
301
47.03%

B2Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Fortuna Silver Mines. B2Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortuna Silver Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
B2Gold$1.90B2.16$10.10M-$0.48-6.48
Fortuna Silver Mines$1.06B1.80-$50.84M$0.4115.22

Fortuna Silver Mines has a net margin of 2.45% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -33.12%. Fortuna Silver Mines' return on equity of 10.08% beat B2Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
B2Gold-33.12% 5.65% 4.06%
Fortuna Silver Mines 2.45%10.08%6.87%

Summary

B2Gold beats Fortuna Silver Mines on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FSM vs. The Competition

MetricFortuna Silver MinesGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.92B$4.81B$3.03B$18.96B
Dividend YieldN/A2.04%5.18%4.03%
P/E Ratio78.0125.9774.6732.71
Price / Sales1.8010.0625,549,533,275,675,700.0027.84
Price / Cash5.2021.1124.3217.53
Price / Book1.493.275.214.47
Net Income-$50.84M$36.57M$155.11M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.63%-0.70%0.11%0.50%
1 Month Performance1.91%6.93%2.32%-2.83%
1 Year Performance32.77%41.43%17.57%4.36%

Fortuna Silver Mines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSM
Fortuna Silver Mines
1.8485 of 5 stars
$6.24
+2.8%
$7.00
+12.2%
+37.3%$1.92B$1.06B78.014,980Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BTG
B2Gold
3.6945 of 5 stars
$3.40
+2.4%
$4.21
+23.9%
+25.6%$4.49B$1.90B-7.084,690Gap Up
High Trading Volume
IAG
IAMGOLD
3.9775 of 5 stars
$7.79
-0.5%
$7.57
-2.9%
+99.2%$4.48B$1.63B5.375,360Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
1.6084 of 5 stars
$23.54
+0.9%
$23.00
-2.3%
+56.2%$4.40B$191.16M261.5630Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
EGO
Eldorado Gold
2.9151 of 5 stars
$19.85
+0.3%
$20.38
+2.6%
+31.8%$4.08B$1.32B14.184,600Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
SBSW
Sibanye Stillwater
1.3487 of 5 stars
$5.03
+1.2%
$5.05
+0.4%
-0.2%$3.56B$112.13B9.6785,000Short Interest ↓
AG
First Majestic Silver
2.8078 of 5 stars
$6.45
-1.1%
$8.50
+31.8%
-6.2%$3.12B$563.63M-18.435,290Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
SAND
Sandstorm Gold
2.2107 of 5 stars
$8.48
-0.1%
$9.06
+6.9%
+59.5%$2.49B$176.28M169.6320Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
SILV
SilverCrest Metals
0.7522 of 5 stars
$11.55
flat
$10.13
-12.3%
N/A$1.72B$245.13M20.26840
CGAU
Centerra Gold
4.6957 of 5 stars
$7.05
+2.2%
$12.00
+70.2%
+10.2%$1.48B$1.21B19.581,236Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
DRD
DRDGOLD
1.8226 of 5 stars
$16.70
+0.9%
$16.25
-2.7%
+90.9%$1.44B$7.07B13.252,960Gap Up

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