Financial Contrast: Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZM) & Its Competitors

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

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%	-9.09%	-2.06%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Santacruz Silver Mining and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Santacruz Silver Mining	$326.38 million	$42.22 million	30.28
Santacruz Silver Mining Competitors	$4.63 billion	$277.89 million	-25.52

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.0% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Santacruz Silver Mining	0	2	1	0	2.33
Santacruz Silver Mining Competitors	6297	22401	31954	1763	2.47

Santacruz Silver Mining presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.20%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 10.94%. Given Santacruz Silver Mining’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Santacruz Silver Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

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

About Santacruz Silver Mining

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.