SVM vs. EDR, DV, MYA, FVI, CXB, ORA, AGB, TCW, PG, and ROXG
Should you be buying Silvercorp Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silvercorp Metals include Endeavour Silver (EDR), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Maya Gold and Silver (MYA), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Calibre Mining (CXB), Aura Minerals (ORA), Atlantic Gold (AGB), Trican Well Service (TCW), Premier Gold Mines (PG), and Roxgold (ROXG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Silvercorp Metals vs.
Endeavour Silver (TSE:EDR) and Silvercorp Metals (TSE:SVM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Endeavour Silver pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 36.9%. Silvercorp Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Endeavour Silver pays out -15,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Silvercorp Metals pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Endeavour Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Endeavour Silver received 80 more outperform votes than Silvercorp Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.37% of users gave Silvercorp Metals an outperform vote while only 46.10% of users gave Endeavour Silver an outperform vote.
30.3% of Endeavour Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Silvercorp Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Endeavour Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Silvercorp Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Silvercorp Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Endeavour Silver. Endeavour Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silvercorp Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Endeavour Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$5.42, indicating a potential upside of 28.05%. Silvercorp Metals has a consensus price target of C$5.81, indicating a potential upside of 38.39%. Given Silvercorp Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Silvercorp Metals is more favorable than Endeavour Silver.
In the previous week, Silvercorp Metals had 2 more articles in the media than Endeavour Silver. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Silvercorp Metals and 0 mentions for Endeavour Silver. Silvercorp Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Endeavour Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that Silvercorp Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Endeavour Silver has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silvercorp Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Silvercorp Metals has a net margin of 9.90% compared to Endeavour Silver's net margin of 0.48%. Silvercorp Metals' return on equity of 3.52% beat Endeavour Silver's return on equity.
Summary
Silvercorp Metals beats Endeavour Silver on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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