TFPM vs. SSRM, RGLD, MEOH, KWR, SXT, SBSW, IOSP, HL, EGO, and TROX
Should you be buying Triple Flag Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Triple Flag Precious Metals include SSR Mining (SSRM), Royal Gold (RGLD), Methanex (MEOH), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Innospec (IOSP), Hecla Mining (HL), Eldorado Gold (EGO), and Tronox (TROX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) and SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Triple Flag Precious Metals had 8 more articles in the media than SSR Mining. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Triple Flag Precious Metals and 16 mentions for SSR Mining. Triple Flag Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat SSR Mining's score of 0.12 indicating that Triple Flag Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SSR Mining received 383 more outperform votes than Triple Flag Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.00% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote while only 23.08% of users gave Triple Flag Precious Metals an outperform vote.
82.9% of Triple Flag Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of SSR Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of SSR Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Triple Flag Precious Metals currently has a consensus price target of $17.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.55%. SSR Mining has a consensus price target of $6.63, indicating a potential upside of 23.83%. Given SSR Mining's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SSR Mining is more favorable than Triple Flag Precious Metals.
Triple Flag Precious Metals has a beta of -0.12, indicating that its stock price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSR Mining has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Triple Flag Precious Metals has a net margin of 17.59% compared to SSR Mining's net margin of -30.90%. SSR Mining's return on equity of 6.37% beat Triple Flag Precious Metals' return on equity.
Triple Flag Precious Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SSR Mining. SSR Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Triple Flag Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Triple Flag Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. SSR Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Triple Flag Precious Metals pays out 110.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SSR Mining pays out -13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SSR Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Triple Flag Precious Metals and SSR Mining tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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