Head to Head Analysis: Skeena Resources (SKE) & Its Peers

Skeena Resources (NYSE:SKE – Get Rating) is one of 108 publicly-traded companies in the “Gold & silver ores” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Skeena Resources to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Skeena Resources and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skeena Resources	0	0	2	0	3.00
Skeena Resources Competitors	943	3797	4115	115	2.38

Skeena Resources currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 164.73%. As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 57.33%. Given Skeena Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Skeena Resources is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Skeena Resources and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skeena Resources	N/A	-68.66%	-57.14%
Skeena Resources Competitors	-114.66%	-88.92%	0.18%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.9% of Skeena Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Skeena Resources and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Skeena Resources	N/A	-$93.81 million	-5.47
Skeena Resources Competitors	$1.65 billion	$141.09 million	-10,848.47

Skeena Resources’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Skeena Resources. Skeena Resources 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.

About Skeena Resources (Get Rating)

Skeena Resources Limited explores and develops mineral properties in Canada. The company explores for gold, silver, copper, and other precious metal deposits. It holds 100% interests in the Snip gold mine comprising one mining lease and four mineral tenures that covers an area of approximately 1,932 hectares; and the Eskay Creek gold mine that consists of eight mineral leases, two surface leases, and various unpatented mining claims, which total 6,151 hectares located in British Columbia, Canada. The company was formerly known as Prolific Resources Ltd. and changed its name to Skeena Resources Limited in June 1990. Skeena Resources Limited was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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