Head to Head Survey: Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZM) & Its Peers

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by 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.

Profitability

This table compares Santacruz Silver Mining and its peers’ 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	-1,161,736,352,322,426,800.00%	-9.04%	-2.11%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Santacruz Silver Mining and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Santacruz Silver Mining	0	2	1	0	2.33
Santacruz Silver Mining Competitors	6309	22428	32007	1767	2.47

Santacruz Silver Mining currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.11%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Santacruz Silver Mining’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Santacruz Silver Mining is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Santacruz Silver Mining and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Santacruz Silver Mining	$423.76 million	$42.22 million	27.88
Santacruz Silver Mining Competitors	$5.04 billion	$277.76 million	-28.89

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

Summary

Santacruz Silver Mining peers beat Santacruz Silver Mining on 7 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.