Executive Summary
Silver Mines Limited primarily engages in the exploration of silver deposits in Australia. More Details
Risk Analysis
Snowflake Analysis
Flawless balance sheet with weak fundamentals.
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Share Price & News
How has Silver Mines's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: SVL is not significantly more volatile than the rest of Australian stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 11% a week.
Volatility Over Time: SVL's weekly volatility (11%) has been stable over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-4.1%
SVL
-0.6%
AU Metals and Mining
-0.3%
AU Market
1 Year Return
123.8%
SVL
26.4%
AU Metals and Mining
-1.6%
AU Market
Return vs Industry: SVL exceeded the Australian Metals and Mining industry which returned 26.1% over the past year.
Return vs Market: SVL exceeded the Australian Market which returned -1.8% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| SVL | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | -4.1% | -0.6% | -0.3% |
| 30 Day | 9.3% | 8.0% | 0.5% |
| 90 Day | 14.6% | 23.1% | 10.1% |
| 1 Year | 123.8%123.8% | 33.2%26.4% | 1.7%-1.6% |
| 3 Year | 173.5%167.0% | 73.3%49.2% | 26.2%10.7% |
| 5 Year | 140.7%135.0% | 282.5%211.5% | 68.7%35.5% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Silver Mines's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
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Investors Who Bought Silver Mines (ASX:SVL) Shares A Year Ago Are Now Up 127%Valuation
Is Silver Mines undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
2.84x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate SVL's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate SVL's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: SVL is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the AU Metals and Mining industry average.
PE vs Market: SVL is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the Australian market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate SVL's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: SVL's PB Ratio (2.8x) is in line with the AU Metals and Mining industry average.
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Future Growth
How is Silver Mines forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
4.3%
Forecasted Materials industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Silver Mines has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.
Next Steps
- Examine Silver Mines's financial health to determine how well-positioned it is against times of financial stress by looking at its level of debt over time and how much cash it has left.
- Silver Mines competitive advantages and company strategy can generally be found in its financial reports archived here.
- Explore growth companies in the Materials industry.
Past Performance
How has Silver Mines performed over the past 5 years?
10.3%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: SVL is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: SVL is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: SVL is unprofitable, but has reduced losses over the past 5 years at a rate of 10.3% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare SVL's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: SVL is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Metals and Mining industry (38%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: SVL has a negative Return on Equity (-4.48%), as it is currently unprofitable.
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Financial Health
How is Silver Mines's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: SVL's short term assets (A$12.7M) exceed its short term liabilities (A$2.2M).
Long Term Liabilities: SVL's short term assets (A$12.7M) exceed its long term liabilities (A$3.8M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: SVL's debt to equity ratio (1.2%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: SVL's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 5.9% to 1.2% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: SVL has sufficient cash runway for more than a year based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: SVL has sufficient cash runway for 2.9 years if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of 8.6% each year.
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Dividend
What is Silver Mines's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate SVL's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate SVL's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if SVL's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if SVL's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of SVL's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Australian market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
4.5yrs
Average board tenure
CEO
Anthony McClure
4.58yrs
Tenure
AU$337,500
Compensation
Mr. Anthony John McClure, B.Sc. serves as Non-Executive Director at Thomson Resources Limited since December 2020. He served as Non-Executive Director at Santana Minerals Limited since December 09, 2019 un...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Anthony's total compensation ($USD260.50K) is below average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD506.54K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Anthony's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD, Director & Member of Advisory Board | 4.58yrs | AU$337.50k | 4.05% A$ 9.9m | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 3.58yrs | AU$97.78k | 0.060% A$ 147.2k | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 4.58yrs | AU$97.78k | 0.084% A$ 206.1k | |
| Independent Non-Executive Chairman | 4.42yrs | AU$117.78k | 0.24% A$ 577.1k |
4.5yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Board: SVL's board of directors are considered experienced (4.5 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: SVL insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 20%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Silver Mines Limited's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Silver Mines Limited
- Ticker: SVL
- Exchange: ASX
- Founded: 2004
- Industry: Silver
- Sector: Materials
- Market Cap: AU$244.567m
- Shares outstanding: 1.04b
- Website: https://www.silvermines.com.au
Number of Employees
Location
- Silver Mines Limited
- 52 Phillip Street
- Level 11
- Sydney
- New South Wales
- 2000
- Australia
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SVL | ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | AU | AUD | Jan 2007 |
| SWQ | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | DE | EUR | Jan 2007 |
| SVL | CHIA (Chi-X Australia) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | AU | AUD | Jan 2007 |
| SLVM.F | OTCPK (Pink Sheets LLC) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | US | USD | Jan 2007 |
Biography
Silver Mines Limited primarily engages in the exploration of silver deposits in Australia. It operates through two segments, Mining and Exploration Operations, and Agricultural Operations. The company also...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/01/16 07:04 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/01/15 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/06/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2020/06/30 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.