FSM vs. OR, BTG, EGO, IAG, SBSW, AG, SAND, SILV, CGAU, and SA
Should you be buying Fortuna Silver Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortuna Silver Mines include Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), IAMGOLD (IAG), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), First Majestic Silver (AG), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Centerra Gold (CGAU), and Seabridge Gold (SA). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Fortuna Silver Mines vs.
Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM) and Osisko Gold Royalties (NYSE:OR) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Fortuna Silver Mines currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.08%. Osisko Gold Royalties has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.39%. Given Fortuna Silver Mines' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fortuna Silver Mines is more favorable than Osisko Gold Royalties.
Fortuna Silver Mines has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Osisko Gold Royalties' net margin of -22.04%. Fortuna Silver Mines' return on equity of 10.08% beat Osisko Gold Royalties' return on equity.
Fortuna Silver Mines received 94 more outperform votes than Osisko Gold Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.71% of users gave Osisko Gold Royalties an outperform vote while only 53.30% of users gave Fortuna Silver Mines an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fortuna Silver Mines had 12 more articles in the media than Osisko Gold Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Fortuna Silver Mines and 9 mentions for Osisko Gold Royalties. Fortuna Silver Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Osisko Gold Royalties' score of 0.28 indicating that Fortuna Silver Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Osisko Gold Royalties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fortuna Silver Mines. Osisko Gold Royalties 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.
33.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Osisko Gold Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are held 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.
Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Osisko Gold Royalties has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Fortuna Silver Mines beats Osisko Gold Royalties on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FSM) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
