Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines presently has a consensus target price of C$7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 40.73%. Endeavour Mining has a consensus target price of C$31.40, suggesting a potential downside of 45.64%. Given Fortuna Silver Mines' higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.378922, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavour Mining has a beta of 0.676482, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FVI or EDV?

In the previous week, Endeavour Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Fortuna Silver Mines. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Endeavour Mining and 3 mentions for Fortuna Silver Mines. Fortuna Silver Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Endeavour Mining's score of 0.35 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Endeavour Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FVI or EDV?

33.6% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by company 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Endeavour Mining. Fortuna Silver Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Endeavour 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
Fortuna Silver Mines	C$1.19B	3.05	C$17.54M	C$0.50	23.62
Endeavour Mining	C$3.70B	3.76	-C$239.30M	C$0.91	63.47

Summary

Endeavour Mining beats Fortuna Silver Mines on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.