Head to Head Review: Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZM) and Its Rivals

Santacruz Silver Mining (NASDAQ:SCZM) is one of 1,987 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Santacruz Silver Mining to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Santacruz Silver Mining and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Santacruz Silver Mining	0	2	1	0	2.33
Santacruz Silver Mining Competitors	6300	22406	31969	1765	2.47

Santacruz Silver Mining presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.48%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 14.54%. Given Santacruz Silver Mining’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Santacruz Silver Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Santacruz Silver Mining and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Santacruz Silver Mining	9.97%	21.55%	9.49%
Santacruz Silver Mining Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,800.00%	-9.12%	-2.11%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Santacruz Silver Mining and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Santacruz Silver Mining	$423.76 million	$42.22 million	28.03
Santacruz Silver Mining Competitors	$5.16 billion	$277.23 million	-25.61

Santacruz Silver Mining’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Santacruz Silver Mining. Santacruz Silver Mining is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

15.8% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Santacruz Silver Mining peers beat Santacruz Silver Mining on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Santacruz Silver Mining Company Profile

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of mineral properties in Mexico. The company primarily explores for silver, as well as for gold, zinc, lead, and copper deposits. It primarily holds a 100% interest in the Rosario project located in the municipality of Charcas in the state of San Luis Potosi; and Veta Grande project that include three concession groups, which consists of 184 mining concessions covering an area of 8,944 hectares in the Zacatecas Mining District, Mexico. The company was formerly known as Forte Resources Inc. and changed its name to Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. in April 2012. Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. Was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.