Global Medical REIT (GMRE) Competitors

SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) and Global Medical REIT (NYSE:GMRE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts prefer SSRM or GMRE?

SSR Mining currently has a consensus price target of $9.93, suggesting a potential downside of 2.90%. Global Medical REIT has a consensus price target of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 34.17%. Given Global Medical REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Medical REIT is more favorable than SSR Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SSR Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Global Medical REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to SSRM or GMRE?

In the previous week, SSR Mining had 18 more articles in the media than Global Medical REIT. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for SSR Mining and 1 mentions for Global Medical REIT. SSR Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Global Medical REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that SSR Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SSR Mining	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Global Medical REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSRM or GMRE?

SSR Mining received 109 more outperform votes than Global Medical REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.74% of users gave Global Medical REIT an outperform vote while only 52.48% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SSR Mining	Outperform Votes 392 52.48%	Underperform Votes 355 47.52%
Global Medical REIT	Outperform Votes 283 63.74%	Underperform Votes 161 36.26%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SSRM or GMRE?

68.3% of SSR Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of Global Medical REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of SSR Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Global Medical REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SSRM or GMRE more profitable?

Global Medical REIT has a net margin of 3.23% compared to SSR Mining's net margin of -26.24%. SSR Mining's return on equity of 1.46% beat Global Medical REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SSR Mining	-26.24%	1.46%	1.11%
Global Medical REIT	3.23%	0.86%	0.35%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SSRM or GMRE?

Global Medical REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SSR Mining. Global Medical REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSR Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SSR Mining	$995.62M	2.08	-$98.01M	-$1.29	-7.93
Global Medical REIT	$141.05M	3.97	$20.61M	-$0.02	-419.04

Which has more risk & volatility, SSRM or GMRE?

SSR Mining has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Medical REIT has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Global Medical REIT beats SSR Mining on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.