Calibre Mining (CXB) Competitors

SSR Mining (TSE:SSRM) and Calibre Mining (TSE:CXB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts rate SSRM or CXB?

SSR Mining currently has a consensus price target of C$10.96, suggesting a potential upside of 51.78%. Given Calibre Mining's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SSR Mining is more favorable than Calibre Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SSR Mining	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Calibre Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor SSRM or CXB?

In the previous week, SSR Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Calibre Mining. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SSR Mining and 2 mentions for Calibre Mining. Calibre Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat SSR Mining's score of 0.61 indicating that SSR Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SSR Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Calibre Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SSRM or CXB?

SSR Mining received 190 more outperform votes than Calibre Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Calibre Mining an outperform vote while only 67.52% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SSR Mining	Outperform Votes 210 67.52%	Underperform Votes 101 32.48%
Calibre Mining	Outperform Votes 20 80.00%	Underperform Votes 5 20.00%

Which has more risk and volatility, SSRM or CXB?

SSR Mining has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calibre Mining has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SSRM or CXB?

74.7% of SSR Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Calibre Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SSR Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Calibre Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SSRM or CXB?

Calibre Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SSR Mining. SSR Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calibre Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SSR Mining	C$1.43B	1.03	-C$98.01M	-C$0.65	-11.22
Calibre Mining	C$561.70M	2.34	C$85.03M	C$0.24	7.63

Is SSRM or CXB more profitable?

Calibre Mining has a net margin of 15.14% compared to Calibre Mining's net margin of -6.87%. SSR Mining's return on equity of 16.87% beat Calibre Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SSR Mining	-6.87%	-2.85%	3.31%
Calibre Mining	15.14%	16.87%	11.70%

Summary

Calibre Mining beats SSR Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.