SVM vs. IMG, EQX, AG, NVA, SKE, NG, NSR, PPTA, NDM, and FVL
Should you be buying Silvercorp Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silvercorp Metals include IAMGOLD (IMG), Equinox Gold (EQX), First Majestic Silver (AG), NuVista Energy (NVA), Skeena Resources (SKE), NovaGold Resources (NG), Nomad Royalty (NSR), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), and Freegold Ventures (FVL). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Silvercorp Metals vs.
Silvercorp Metals (TSE:SVM) and IAMGOLD (TSE:IMG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.
IAMGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than Silvercorp Metals. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silvercorp Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Silvercorp Metals has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Silvercorp Metals presently has a consensus target price of C$7.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.30%. IAMGOLD has a consensus target price of C$8.68, indicating a potential upside of 2.54%. Given Silvercorp Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Silvercorp Metals is more favorable than IAMGOLD.
IAMGOLD has a net margin of 49.57% compared to Silvercorp Metals' net margin of 23.07%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 27.91% beat Silvercorp Metals' return on equity.
31.9% of Silvercorp Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Silvercorp Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 5 more articles in the media than Silvercorp Metals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for IAMGOLD and 0 mentions for Silvercorp Metals. IAMGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Silvercorp Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IAMGOLD received 249 more outperform votes than Silvercorp Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.68% of users gave Silvercorp Metals an outperform vote while only 52.27% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.
Summary
IAMGOLD beats Silvercorp Metals on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SVM) was last updated on 3/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
