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$12.89 +0.17 (+1.34%)
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SSRM vs. RGLD, AEM, AG, AGI, BTG, EGO, HL, PAAS, SA, and WPM

Should you be buying Silver Standard Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silver Standard Resources include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), First Majestic Silver (AG), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Hecla Mining (HL), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Silver Standard Resources vs. Its Competitors

Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ:SSRM) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Silver Standard Resources currently has a consensus price target of $10.53, indicating a potential downside of 18.28%. Royal Gold has a consensus price target of $192.13, indicating a potential upside of 21.74%. Given Royal Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Silver Standard Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Silver Standard Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Royal Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Silver Standard Resources has a beta of -0.12, meaning that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Royal Gold has a net margin of 52.15% compared to Silver Standard Resources' net margin of 7.82%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 12.48% beat Silver Standard Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Silver Standard Resources7.82% 2.44% 1.83%
Royal Gold 52.15%12.48%11.52%

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 14 more articles in the media than Silver Standard Resources. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Royal Gold and 3 mentions for Silver Standard Resources. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Silver Standard Resources' score of 0.61 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Silver Standard Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royal Gold
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

68.3% of Silver Standard Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Silver Standard Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Royal Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Silver Standard Resources. Royal Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silver Standard Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Silver Standard Resources$995.62M2.63-$261.28M$0.4131.44
Royal Gold$719.40M14.44$332.02M$6.0426.13

Summary

Royal Gold beats Silver Standard Resources on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SSRM vs. The Competition

MetricSilver Standard ResourcesMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.58B$6.04B$3.27B$9.29B
Dividend YieldN/A2.04%5.16%4.03%
P/E Ratio31.4426.03109.7119.58
Price / Sales2.63398.4831,270,591,557,321,200.0094.56
Price / Cash13.7127.2023.8857.93
Price / Book0.668.426.095.54
Net Income-$261.28M$278.61M$147.94M$257.73M
7 Day Performance4.12%9.37%1.67%-0.08%
1 Month Performance-0.31%9.00%4.62%8.09%
1 Year Performance132.67%27.93%23.93%13.02%

Silver Standard Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSRM
Silver Standard Resources
1.2827 of 5 stars
$12.89
+1.3%
$10.53
-18.3%
+145.1%$2.58B$995.62M31.442,300
RGLD
Royal Gold
4.5461 of 5 stars
$168.24
-6.4%
$192.13
+14.2%
+15.4%$11.07B$763.93M27.8530High Trading Volume
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.6602 of 5 stars
$122.18
+1.8%
$130.50
+6.8%
+59.4%$61.50B$8.29B26.0016,968Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AG
First Majestic Silver
1.8057 of 5 stars
$8.68
+2.6%
$8.75
+0.8%
+38.2%$4.21B$560.60M-29.933,818Analyst Revision
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.3256 of 5 stars
$27.74
+2.8%
$30.38
+9.5%
+49.7%$11.66B$1.35B44.742,400Positive News
BTG
B2Gold
1.9774 of 5 stars
$3.68
+0.5%
$4.21
+14.5%
+13.9%$4.86B$1.97B-7.674,690Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EGO
Eldorado Gold
4.2417 of 5 stars
$20.86
+0.4%
$21.70
+4.0%
+22.2%$4.28B$1.32B13.124,800Analyst Forecast
HL
Hecla Mining
4.1479 of 5 stars
$6.16
+1.5%
$6.92
+12.3%
+1.2%$3.90B$1.00B56.011,830News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.1842 of 5 stars
$29.35
+0.5%
$30.60
+4.3%
+27.9%$10.62B$2.82B33.749,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.0645 of 5 stars
$15.43
+1.4%
N/A+3.9%$1.55BN/A-154.3040News Coverage
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.9602 of 5 stars
$92.62
+2.3%
$93.00
+0.4%
+52.4%$42.04B$1.28B68.1040Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:SSRM) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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