Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI) Competitors

Fortuna Silver Mines (TSE:FVI) and Endeavour Mining (TSE:EDV) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Endeavour Mining. Endeavour 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortuna Silver Mines	C$717.29M	1.93	C$17.54M	C$0.11	55.74
Endeavour Mining	C$1.61B	3.37	-C$239.30M	-C$2.00	-15.94

Which has more volatility & risk, FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavour Mining has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FVI or EDV?

54.6% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fortuna Silver Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned 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.

Is FVI or EDV more profitable?

Fortuna Silver Mines has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Endeavour Mining's net margin of -14.83%. Fortuna Silver Mines' return on equity of 1.91% beat Endeavour Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortuna Silver Mines	2.45%	1.91%	3.61%
Endeavour Mining	-14.83%	-11.19%	3.54%

Do analysts rate FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines presently has a consensus price target of C$8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.39%. Endeavour Mining has a consensus price target of C$25.00, suggesting a potential downside of 21.46%. Given Fortuna Silver Mines' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fortuna Silver Mines is more favorable than Endeavour Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortuna Silver Mines	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Does the media favor FVI or EDV?

In the previous week, Fortuna Silver Mines had 7 more articles in the media than Endeavour Mining. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Fortuna Silver Mines and 0 mentions for Endeavour Mining. Fortuna Silver Mines' average media sentiment score of -0.45 beat Endeavour Mining's score of -0.50 indicating that Fortuna Silver Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fortuna Silver Mines	Neutral
Endeavour Mining	Negative

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FVI or EDV?

Fortuna Silver Mines received 233 more outperform votes than Endeavour Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave Endeavour Mining an outperform vote while only 50.43% of users gave Fortuna Silver Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fortuna Silver Mines	Outperform Votes 237 50.43%	Underperform Votes 233 49.57%
Endeavour Mining	Outperform Votes 4 57.14%	Underperform Votes 3 42.86%

Summary

Fortuna Silver Mines beats Endeavour Mining on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.