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Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM) Competitors

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$4.60 -0.04 (-0.86%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

FSM vs. HMY, OR, BTG, EGO, SBSW, AG, SAND, SILV, CGAU, and GATO

Should you be buying Fortuna Silver Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortuna Silver Mines include Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), First Majestic Silver (AG), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Centerra Gold (CGAU), and Gatos Silver (GATO). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Fortuna Silver Mines vs.

Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) and Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

31.8% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Harmony Gold Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Fortuna Silver Mines. Harmony Gold Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortuna Silver Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Harmony Gold Mining$61.38B0.09$459.40M$1.396.26
Fortuna Silver Mines$1.03B1.40-$50.84M$0.0857.44

Fortuna Silver Mines has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Harmony Gold Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Fortuna Silver Mines' return on equity of 10.08% beat Harmony Gold Mining's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Harmony Gold MiningN/A N/A N/A
Fortuna Silver Mines 2.45%10.08%6.87%

Harmony Gold Mining currently has a consensus price target of $8.40, suggesting a potential downside of 3.39%. Fortuna Silver Mines has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.46%. Given Fortuna Silver Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fortuna Silver Mines is more favorable than Harmony Gold Mining.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Harmony Gold Mining
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Fortuna Silver Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Fortuna Silver Mines received 38 more outperform votes than Harmony Gold Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.39% of users gave Fortuna Silver Mines an outperform vote while only 46.02% of users gave Harmony Gold Mining an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Harmony Gold MiningOutperform Votes
301
46.02%
Underperform Votes
353
53.98%
Fortuna Silver MinesOutperform Votes
339
53.39%
Underperform Votes
296
46.61%

Harmony Gold Mining has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Fortuna Silver Mines had 2 more articles in the media than Harmony Gold Mining. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fortuna Silver Mines and 4 mentions for Harmony Gold Mining. Harmony Gold Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Fortuna Silver Mines' score of 0.27 indicating that Harmony Gold Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Harmony Gold Mining
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fortuna Silver Mines
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Fortuna Silver Mines beats Harmony Gold Mining on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FSM vs. The Competition

MetricFortuna Silver MinesGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.44B$3.56B$2.77B$19.64B
Dividend YieldN/A1.97%5.28%3.51%
P/E Ratio57.4413.13118.8743.82
Price / Sales1.408.40755,021.7917.47
Price / Cash5.5122.0723.6521.73
Price / Book1.092.593.455.46
Net Income-$50.84M$2.10M$152.17M$987.68M
7 Day Performance-7.64%-5.08%-2.60%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-1.82%0.45%5.08%1.31%
1 Year Performance16.62%27.86%21.69%16.45%

Fortuna Silver Mines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSM
Fortuna Silver Mines
3.3483 of 5 stars
$4.60
-0.9%
$6.50
+41.5%
+16.6%$1.44B$1.03B57.442,490News Coverage
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
3.4953 of 5 stars
$8.86
-1.0%
$8.40
-5.2%
+44.0%$5.62B$61.38B6.4443,667Positive News
Gap Down
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
2.6261 of 5 stars
$19.09
+0.1%
$21.00
+10.0%
+32.4%$3.56B$183.20M-90.8130Positive News
BTG
B2Gold
4.3264 of 5 stars
$2.60
-0.8%
$4.12
+58.3%
N/A$3.41B$1.91B-4.636,150Positive News
EGO
Eldorado Gold
4.2066 of 5 stars
$16.05
+0.6%
$20.88
+30.1%
+25.9%$3.29B$1.19B11.944,700News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SBSW
Sibanye Stillwater
1.8983 of 5 stars
$3.87
-3.5%
$4.98
+28.6%
-27.2%$2.74B$6.17B0.0063,220Short Interest ↑
AG
First Majestic Silver
2.0259 of 5 stars
$5.97
-1.0%
$7.50
+25.6%
-3.9%$1.80B$527.97M-21.813,746Positive News
Gap Down
SAND
Sandstorm Gold
4.1378 of 5 stars
$5.58
-0.7%
$8.50
+52.3%
+15.6%$1.66B$106.58M46.8420Short Interest ↑
SILV
SilverCrest Metals
0.8121 of 5 stars
$10.16
-2.0%
$10.13
-0.3%
N/A$1.51B$245.13M18.19340Positive News
Gap Down
CGAU
Centerra Gold
4.0958 of 5 stars
$6.01
+3.1%
$11.00
+83.0%
-2.7%$1.27B$1.25B12.151,236Short Interest ↓
GATO
Gatos Silver
1.5198 of 5 stars
$15.11
-1.0%
$12.90
-14.6%
+127.2%$1.05BN/A31.1620Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FSM) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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