Head-To-Head Contrast: Silver Standard Resources (SSRM) and Its Competitors

Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ:SSRM) is one of 1,984 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Silver Standard Resources to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Silver Standard Resources and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silver Standard Resources	1	1	7	1	2.80
Silver Standard Resources Competitors	6420	22621	32338	1800	2.47

Silver Standard Resources presently has a consensus target price of $42.20, suggesting a potential upside of 58.50%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 28.32%. Given Silver Standard Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Silver Standard Resources is more favorable than its competitors.

Dividends

Silver Standard Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Silver Standard Resources pays out 10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.3% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

68.3% of Silver Standard Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Silver Standard Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Silver Standard Resources and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Silver Standard Resources	$1.99 billion	$395.75 million	22.56
Silver Standard Resources Competitors	$5.49 billion	$278.26 million	-26.34

Silver Standard Resources’ competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Silver Standard Resources. Silver Standard Resources is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Silver Standard Resources has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silver Standard Resources’ competitors have a beta of 0.96, meaning that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Silver Standard Resources and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silver Standard Resources	12.64%	18.71%	13.99%
Silver Standard Resources Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-52.89%	-2.07%

Summary

Silver Standard Resources beats its competitors on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About Silver Standard Resources

SSR Mining Inc., formerly known as Silver Standard Resources, is a precious metals company engaged in the exploration, development, and operation of mines. Its principal products are gold and silver, with its activities also involving other metals produced alongside them. The company’s history includes a shift from a silver-focused exploration business to a diversified precious metals producer. It adopted the SSR Mining name in 2017. Over time, its operations and projects have spanned North and South America and Türkiye.