Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SSMR scored 25.3, BTG scored 71.5 — BTG leads.
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SSMR
Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company
Other Industrial Metals & Mining · Quality-Growth
25.3
$14.89 · $2.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
46.2
BTG leads
BTG
B2Gold Corp.
Gold · Quality-Growth
71.5
$5.25 · $6.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthSSMR+421.8%
Strongest balance sheetSSMR0.00
Highest qualityBTG79 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueBTG-57%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
SSMR
stronger →← stronger
BTG
43
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
79
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
8
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
93
BTG is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SSMR
BTG
-$56mF
FCF
$923mC+
+421.8%A
Rev
+60.9%A
0.00A
D/E
0.11A-
—
PEG
0.11A
—
P/E
9.5xA-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
SSMR
BTG
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
57% below
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-6%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
+80%
—
5-yr DCF upside
+132%
—
10-yr DCF upside
+233%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
SSMR
Why this score
Cyclical growth
Short track record
BTG
Why this score
Cut its dividend
Cyclical growth
The companies
SSMRSunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company
Other Industrial Metals & Mining · $14.89
Why now
Other Industrial Metals & Mining · market cap $2.1b. Down 24% from 52-week high of $19.61 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +422% — in hypergrowth territory. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $19.17 (implying +29% upside).
Moat
Mining moat is reserve quality + extraction cost per unit — top-quartile cost producers generate cash through the commodity cycle while marginal producers burn it.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$56m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Production-cost sensitivity — top-quartile cost producers generate cash through the cycle while marginal producers burn it; watch the cost-per-unit trend, not just headline revenue.
BTGB2Gold Corp.
Gold · $5.25 · beta 1.41
Why now
Gold · market cap $6.9b. 17% off the 52-week high of $6.29. Revenue growing +61% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.11 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 5 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $6.45 (implying +23% upside).
Moat
Net margin 21% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 23% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 114% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Beta 1.41 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Hedge-book exposure — many commodity producers hedge forward production; if the hedge book is concentrated at prices well below spot, the upside the market expects is already locked away.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where SSMR and BTG diverge
On the headline score the gap is 46.2 points in favor of BTG. The widest single difference is Value, where BTG leads by 85.2 points.
ValueSSMR 7.6 · BTG 92.8BTG +85.2
QualitySSMR 42.5 · BTG 78.7BTG +36.2
GrowthSSMR 50.0 · BTG 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is BTG or SSMR the better stock?
BTG scores higher: BTG 71.5, SSMR 25.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do BTG and SSMR differ most?
The widest gap is value, where BTG leads by 85 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. BTG also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are BTG and SSMR scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.