Analyzing 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 valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

68.3% of Silver Standard Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Silver Standard Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Silver Standard Resources and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Silver Standard Resources	$1.63 billion	$395.75 million	25.14
Silver Standard Resources Competitors	$4.65 billion	$278.94 million	-26.28

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.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silver Standard Resources	1	1	7	1	2.80
Silver Standard Resources Competitors	6407	22612	32314	1801	2.47

Silver Standard Resources presently has a consensus target price of $42.20, suggesting a potential upside of 42.23%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 23.03%. Given Silver Standard Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Silver Standard Resources is more favorable than its competitors.

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	-1,168,050,136,845,918,000.00%	-53.06%	-2.08%

Dividends

Silver Standard Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. 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 9.9% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

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

About Silver Standard Resources

SSR Mining Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation, acquisition, exploration, and development of precious metal resource properties in the United States, Türkiye, Canada, and Argentina. The company explores for gold doré, copper, silver, lead, and zinc deposits. Its mines include the Çöpler, located in Erzincan province, Turkey; the Marigold, located in Nevada, the United States; the Seabee, located in Saskatchewan, Canada; and the Puna, located in Jujuy province, Argentina. The company was formerly known as Silver Standard Resources Inc. and changed its name to SSR Mining Inc. in August 2017. SSR Mining Inc. was incorporated in 1946 and is based in Denver, Colorado.