Financial Review: Silver Standard Resources (SSRM) & Endeavour Silver Corporation (EXK)

Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ: SSRM) and Endeavour Silver Corporation (NYSE:EXK) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Silver Standard Resources and Endeavour Silver Corporation’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Silver Standard Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.86	11.67
Endeavour Silver Corporation	$139.79 million	2.09	$22.30 million	$0.05	45.80

Endeavour Silver Corporation has higher revenue and earnings than Silver Standard Resources. Silver Standard Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Endeavour Silver Corporation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Silver Standard Resources has a beta of -0.12, meaning that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavour Silver Corporation has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

43.4% of Silver Standard Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.1% of Endeavour Silver Corporation shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Silver Standard Resources and Endeavour Silver Corporation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silver Standard Resources	20.37%	10.69%	6.84%
Endeavour Silver Corporation	4.58%	4.68%	3.54%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Silver Standard Resources and Endeavour Silver Corporation, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silver Standard Resources	0	3	3	0	2.50
Endeavour Silver Corporation	1	4	4	0	2.33

Silver Standard Resources presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.44%. Endeavour Silver Corporation has a consensus target price of $6.13, indicating a potential upside of 167.47%. Given Endeavour Silver Corporation’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Endeavour Silver Corporation is more favorable than Silver Standard Resources.

Summary

Silver Standard Resources beats Endeavour Silver Corporation on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

Silver Standard Resources Company Profile

SSR Mining Inc, formerly Silver Standard Resources Inc, is a Canada-based resource company. The Company is engaged in the operation, acquisition, exploration and development of precious metal resource properties located in the Americas. The Company’s segments include Pirquitas mine, Marigold mine, Seabee Gold Operation, and Exploration and evaluation properties. The Company has three producing mines and a portfolio of silver resource dominant projects located throughout the Americas. The Company is focused on silver production from the Pirquitas mine in Argentina and gold production from the Marigold mine in Nevada, the United States. The Company’s other projects include Seabee Gold Operation in Saskatchewan, Canada and Pirquitas mine in Jujuy, Argentina. The Marigold mine produced approximately 205,116 ounces of gold. The Seabee Gold Operation produced approximately 77,640 ounces of gold. The Pirquitas mine produced approximately 10.4 million ounces of silver.

Endeavour Silver Corporation Company Profile

Endeavour Silver Corp. is engaged in silver mining in Mexico, and related activities, including property acquisition, exploration, development, mineral extraction, processing, refining and reclamation. The Company is engaged in exploration activities in Chile. The Company’s operating mining segments include Guanacevi, Bolanitos and El Cubo, which are located in Mexico, as well as Exploration and Corporate segments. The Exploration segment consists of projects in the exploration and evaluation phases in Mexico and Chile. The Company produces silver-gold from its underground mines at Guanacevi, Bolanitos and El Cubo in Mexico. Its exploration projects include Guadalupe y Calvo, Parral Mine, Terronera and Lourdes. The Company conducts its business primarily in Mexico through its subsidiary companies, such as Endeavour Gold Corporation, S.A. de C.V., Minera Plata Adelante, S.A. de C.V., Refinadora Plata Guanacevi, S.A. de C.V., Minas Lupycal S.A. de C.V. and MXRT Holdings Inc.