SVM vs. EQX, PPTA, NDM, ODV, TMQ, VGZ, HAM, AU, LN, and AUMN
Should you be buying Silvercorp Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silvercorp Metals include Equinox Gold (EQX), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Osisko Development (ODV), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), Vista Gold (VGZ), Highwood Asset Management (HAM), Aurion Resources (AU), Loncor Gold (LN), and Golden Minerals (AUMN). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Silvercorp Metals (TSE:SVM) and Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Equinox Gold had 4 more articles in the media than Silvercorp Metals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Equinox Gold and 5 mentions for Silvercorp Metals. Equinox Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Silvercorp Metals' score of 0.80 indicating that Equinox Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Silvercorp Metals has a net margin of 15.01% compared to Equinox Gold's net margin of -2.86%. Silvercorp Metals' return on equity of 7.50% beat Equinox Gold's return on equity.
Silvercorp Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Equinox Gold. Equinox Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silvercorp Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
34.4% of Silvercorp Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Silvercorp Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by company 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.
Silvercorp Metals received 92 more outperform votes than Equinox Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.47% of users gave Silvercorp Metals an outperform vote while only 41.03% of users gave Equinox Gold an outperform vote.
Silvercorp Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$6.60, suggesting a potential upside of 29.67%. Given Silvercorp Metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Silvercorp Metals is more favorable than Equinox Gold.
Silvercorp Metals has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Silvercorp Metals beats Equinox Gold on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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