Southern Silver Exploration (SSV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Southern Silver Exploration Corp., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious/base metal properties in North America. The company explores for gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc ores. Its flagship property is the Cerro Las Minitas project that comprises twenty-five mineral concessions covering an area of approximately 27,422 hectares located in Durango State, Mexico. The company was formerly known as Newcoast Silver Mines Ltd. and changed its name to Southern Silver Exploration Corp. in July 2004. Southern Silver Exploration Corp. was incorporated in 1963 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$0.30 to C$0.33
• 50-Day Range: C$0.20 to C$0.29
• 52-Week Range: C$0.17 to C$0.34
• Volume: 1.48 million shs
• Average Volume: 317,741 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$91.28 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 3.09%
• Price Target: C$0.71
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Southern Silver Exploration Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Southern Silver Exploration scored higher than 46% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Southern Silver Exploration has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Southern Silver Exploration has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Southern Silver Exploration is -17.06, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Southern Silver Exploration is -17.06, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Southern Silver Exploration has a P/B Ratio of 2.46. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SSV.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Southern Silver Exploration pays a meaningful dividend of 3.09%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Southern Silver Exploration does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SSV.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.99

News Sentiment

Southern Silver Exploration has a news sentiment score of 0.99. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Southern Silver Exploration this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Southern Silver Exploration insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

25.66% of the stock of Southern Silver Exploration is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 2.13% of the stock of Southern Silver Exploration is held by institutions.

SSV Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SSV shares performed this year?

Southern Silver Exploration's stock was trading at C$0.19 at the start of the year. Since then, SSV shares have increased by 59.5% and is now trading at C$0.30.

How do I buy shares of Southern Silver Exploration?

Shares of SSV stock and other Canadian stocks can be purchased through an online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the Canadian stock market include BMO InvestorLine, CIBC Investor's Edge, Desjardins Online Brokerage, HSBC InvestDirect, Laurentian Bank Discount Brokerage, National Bank Direct Brokerage, Qtrade Investor, Questrade, RBC Direct Investing, Scotia iTrade, TD Direct Investing, and Virtual Brokers.

What other stocks do shareholders of Southern Silver Exploration own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Southern Silver Exploration investors own include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), 3D Systems (DDD), Uranium Energy (UEC), Baidu (BIDU), Hecla Mining (HL), Novagold Resources (NG) and Silver Bull Resources (SVBL).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: CVE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Other Precious Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: CVE:SSV
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.southernsilverexploration.com
• Phone: +1-604-6849384
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Southern Silver Exploration: C$0.71
• High Price Target: C$0.71
• Low Price Target: C$0.71
• Potential Upside/Downside: +129.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C($0.02)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -C$5.35 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -14.65%
• Return on Assets: -5.27%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 6.53
• Quick Ratio: 16.07

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: C$0.05 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.61
• Book Value: C$0.12 per share
• Price / Book: 2.58

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 309,414,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$95.92 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.95