Royal Gold, Inc vs SSR MINING INC., two Asset Management stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where RGLD and SSRM diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), RGLD reads +15.7% and SSRM reads -4.7%; on debt / equity, RGLD reads 0.08 and SSRM reads 0.01. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's RGLD price has a different growth bar priced in than SSRM (+15.7% implied for RGLD vs -4.7% for SSRM); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What RGLD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SSRM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | RGLD | SSRM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $196.78 | $28.57 |
| Market cap | $16.7B | $6.2B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +15.7% | -4.7% |
| P/E | 23.8 | — |
| P/B | 2.24 | — |
| P/S | 12.81 | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.3 | — |
| Revenue growth | +69.6% | +78.6% |
| Gross margin | 67.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 63.3% | 51.6% |
| Net margin | 48.5% | 12.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.5% | 5.2% |
| Return on assets | 6.7% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.08 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 3.52 | 5.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.45 | 3.64 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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