SSRM vs. AC, PSA, GLXY, GEI, GC, WELL, CG, CBL, LB, and AGF.B
Should you be buying SSR Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SSR Mining include Air Canada (AC), Purpose High Interest Savings Fund (PSA), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Gibson Energy (GEI), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), WELL Health Technologies (WELL), Centerra Gold (CG), Callidus Capital (CBL), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), and AGF Management (AGF.B). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
SSR Mining vs.
SSR Mining (TSE:SSRM) and Air Canada (TSE:AC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
SSR Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. SSR Mining pays out -11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Air Canada pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SSR Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SSR Mining presently has a consensus price target of C$13.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.84%. Air Canada has a consensus price target of C$25.20, suggesting a potential upside of 54.03%. Given Air Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than SSR Mining.
SSR Mining has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Canada has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Air Canada has a net margin of 11.57% compared to SSR Mining's net margin of -44.13%. Air Canada's return on equity of 177.01% beat SSR Mining's return on equity.
Air Canada received 778 more outperform votes than SSR Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.39% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote while only 67.31% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote.
Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than SSR Mining. SSR Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Air Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.7% of SSR Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of SSR Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Air Canada 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.
In the previous week, Air Canada had 9 more articles in the media than SSR Mining. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Air Canada and 0 mentions for SSR Mining. Air Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat SSR Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Air Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Air Canada beats SSR Mining on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SSRM) was last updated on 3/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
