Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZM) & Its Competitors Critical Contrast

Santacruz Silver Mining (NASDAQ:SCZM) is one of 1,987 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Santacruz Silver Mining to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.8% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Santacruz Silver Mining and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Santacruz Silver Mining	0	2	1	0	2.33
Santacruz Silver Mining Competitors	6324	22458	32080	1767	2.47

Santacruz Silver Mining currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.33%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 15.59%. Given Santacruz Silver Mining’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Santacruz Silver Mining has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Santacruz Silver Mining and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Santacruz Silver Mining	$326.38 million	$42.22 million	28.32
Santacruz Silver Mining Competitors	$4.63 billion	$277.91 million	-29.00

Santacruz Silver Mining’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Santacruz Silver Mining. Santacruz Silver Mining is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Santacruz Silver Mining and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Santacruz Silver Mining	9.97%	21.55%	9.49%
Santacruz Silver Mining Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-10.86%	-2.11%

Summary

Santacruz Silver Mining rivals beat Santacruz Silver Mining on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Santacruz Silver Mining Company Profile

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of mineral properties in Mexico. The company primarily explores for silver, as well as for gold, zinc, lead, and copper deposits. It primarily holds a 100% interest in the Rosario project located in the municipality of Charcas in the state of San Luis Potosi; and Veta Grande project that include three concession groups, which consists of 184 mining concessions covering an area of 8,944 hectares in the Zacatecas Mining District, Mexico. The company was formerly known as Forte Resources Inc. and changed its name to Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. in April 2012. Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. Was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.