Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI) Competitors

Fortuna Silver Mines (TSE:FVI) and Endeavour Mining (TSE:EDV) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Endeavour Mining. Endeavour Mining 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortuna Silver Mines	C$717.29M	2.52	C$17.54M	C$0.11	72.60
Endeavour Mining	C$1.61B	4.13	-C$239.30M	-C$2.00	-19.55

Does the media favor FVI or EDV?

In the previous week, Endeavour Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Fortuna Silver Mines. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Endeavour Mining and 2 mentions for Fortuna Silver Mines. Fortuna Silver Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Endeavour Mining's score of 0.85 indicating that Fortuna Silver Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortuna Silver Mines	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Endeavour Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines currently has a consensus price target of C$8.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.20%. Endeavour Mining has a consensus price target of C$28.00, indicating a potential downside of 28.28%. Given Fortuna Silver Mines' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Fortuna Silver Mines is more favorable than Endeavour Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortuna Silver Mines	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Which has more volatility & risk, FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavour Mining has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FVI or EDV?

54.6% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines received 232 more outperform votes than Endeavour Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.32% of users gave Fortuna Silver Mines an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Endeavour Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fortuna Silver Mines	Outperform Votes 237 50.32%	Underperform Votes 234 49.68%
Endeavour Mining	Outperform Votes 5 45.45%	Underperform Votes 6 54.55%

Is FVI or EDV more profitable?

Fortuna Silver Mines has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Endeavour Mining's net margin of -14.83%. Fortuna Silver Mines' return on equity of 1.91% beat Endeavour Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortuna Silver Mines	2.45%	1.91%	3.61%
Endeavour Mining	-14.83%	-11.19%	3.54%

Summary

Fortuna Silver Mines beats Endeavour Mining on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.