Financial Contrast: SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) and Scully Royalty (NYSE:SRL)

Scully Royalty (NYSE:SRL – Get Rating) and SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM – Get Rating) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Scully Royalty has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSR Mining has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Scully Royalty pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. SSR Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. SSR Mining pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scully Royalty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and SSR Mining has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Scully Royalty and SSR Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scully Royalty	N/A	N/A	N/A
SSR Mining	14.13%	2.44%	1.94%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Scully Royalty and SSR Mining’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scully Royalty	$48.99 million	2.24	-$18.00 million	N/A	N/A
SSR Mining	$1.15 billion	2.83	$194.14 million	$0.72	22.04

SSR Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Scully Royalty.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Scully Royalty and SSR Mining, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scully Royalty	0	0	0	0	N/A
SSR Mining	0	0	3	0	3.00

SSR Mining has a consensus price target of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 68.03%. Given SSR Mining’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SSR Mining is more favorable than Scully Royalty.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

40.0% of Scully Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of SSR Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Scully Royalty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of SSR Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SSR Mining beats Scully Royalty on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Scully Royalty

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Scully Royalty Ltd. is a merchant bank company, which engages in the provision of financial services and facilitates trading of corporations and institutions. It operates through the Industrial and Merchant Banking segments. The Industrial segment includes projects in resources and services. The Merchant Banking segment consists of the European merchant banking business. The company was founded on June 28, 1951 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

About SSR Mining

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SSR Mining, Inc. is a gold company, which engages in the operation, development, exploration, and acquisition of metal resource properties. It operates through the following business segments: Copler, Marigold, Seabee, Puna and the Exploration, Evaluation, and Development Properties. The Copler, Marigold, Seabee, and Puna segment represent its four operating mine sites. The Exploration, Evaluation, and Development Properties segment includes a portfolio of prospective exploration tenures. The company was founded on December 11, 1946 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.