Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, EDV or FVI?

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

Does the media favor EDV or FVI?

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 0.75 beat Endeavour Mining's score of 0.48 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
Endeavour Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fortuna Silver Mines	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend EDV or FVI?

Endeavour Mining presently has a consensus price target of C$31.40, indicating a potential downside of 45.42%. Fortuna Silver Mines has a consensus price target of C$7.00, indicating a potential downside of 41.13%. 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
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14
Fortuna Silver Mines	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Which has higher valuation and earnings, EDV or FVI?

Fortuna Silver Mines has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Endeavour Mining	C$3.70B	3.75	-C$239.30M	C$0.91	63.22
Fortuna Silver Mines	C$1.19B	3.07	C$17.54M	C$0.50	23.78

Is EDV or FVI 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
Endeavour Mining	-14.83%	-11.19%	3.54%
Fortuna Silver Mines	2.45%	1.91%	3.61%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in EDV or FVI?

51.6% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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