Orchid Island Capital (ORC) Competitors

Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) and SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is ORC or SSRM more profitable?

Orchid Island Capital has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SSR Mining's net margin of -26.24%. SSR Mining's return on equity of 1.46% beat Orchid Island Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orchid Island Capital	N/A	-2.01%	-0.23%
SSR Mining	-26.24%	1.46%	1.11%

Does the media refer more to ORC or SSRM?

In the previous week, SSR Mining had 7 more articles in the media than Orchid Island Capital. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for SSR Mining and 7 mentions for Orchid Island Capital. SSR Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Orchid Island Capital's score of -0.08 indicating that SSR Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Orchid Island Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SSR Mining	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ORC or SSRM?

Orchid Island Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SSR Mining. SSR Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orchid Island Capital, 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
Orchid Island Capital	$54.41M	11.24	$37.78M	$0.60	10.93
SSR Mining	$995.62M	2.22	-$98.01M	-$1.29	-8.45

Which has more risk and volatility, ORC or SSRM?

Orchid Island Capital has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSR Mining has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ORC or SSRM?

SSR Mining received 99 more outperform votes than Orchid Island Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.49% of users gave Orchid Island Capital an outperform vote while only 52.47% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orchid Island Capital	Outperform Votes 294 60.49%	Underperform Votes 192 39.51%
SSR Mining	Outperform Votes 393 52.47%	Underperform Votes 356 47.53%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ORC or SSRM?

32.7% of Orchid Island Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of SSR Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Orchid Island Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of SSR Mining shares are owned 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 ORC or SSRM a better dividend stock?

Orchid Island Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.0%. SSR Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Orchid Island Capital pays out 240.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SSR Mining pays out -10.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate ORC or SSRM?

Orchid Island Capital presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.93%. SSR Mining has a consensus target price of $10.03, indicating a potential downside of 7.91%. Given Orchid Island Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Orchid Island Capital is more favorable than SSR Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orchid Island Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
SSR Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

Orchid Island Capital beats SSR Mining on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.