FSM vs. BTG, OR, IAG, AG, EGO, SBSW, SAND, SILV, EXK, and CGAU
Should you be buying Fortuna Silver Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortuna Silver Mines include B2Gold (BTG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IAG), First Majestic Silver (AG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Endeavour Silver (EXK), and Centerra Gold (CGAU). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Fortuna Silver Mines vs.
B2Gold (NYSE:BTG) and Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
B2Gold currently has a consensus target price of $4.12, suggesting a potential upside of 29.86%. Fortuna Silver Mines has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.80%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Fortuna Silver Mines.
Fortuna Silver Mines received 333 more outperform votes than B2Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.05% of users gave Fortuna Silver Mines an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote.
61.4% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of B2Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fortuna Silver Mines had 2 more articles in the media than B2Gold. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Fortuna Silver Mines and 8 mentions for B2Gold. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Fortuna Silver Mines' score of 0.40 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fortuna Silver Mines has a net margin of 2.45% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -33.12%. Fortuna Silver Mines' return on equity of 10.08% beat B2Gold's return on equity.
B2Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Fortuna Silver Mines. B2Gold 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.
B2Gold has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
B2Gold and Fortuna Silver Mines tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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