Silver Stocks

Silver stocks are part of basic materials stock sector. Silver firms include mining and streaming companies for silver. Many times, these companies also look for other precious metals or non-precious metals such as gold, copper, zinc, and nickel.

Most of these businesses are structured as corporations. Silver companies might not offer any dividend yields due to the inherently volatile nature of commodity prices. Some may offer a little yield for income investors.

Silver Companies List

Silver is considerably less valuable than gold, sure, but it’s still more valuable than many of the other metals. Silver is a precious metal with an inherent softness. Silver also has a high conductivity of electricity as well as temperature. When investing in cyclical businesses like mining, tailwinds are always something you need to consider.

Silver companies are:

• Silver Wheaton Corp. (SLW)
• Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS)
• Hecla Mining Co. (HL)
• Coeur Mining, Inc. (CDE)
• First Majestic Silver Corp. (AG)
• Silver Standard Resources Inc. (SSRI)
• MAG Silver Corp. (MVG)
• Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM)
• Endeavour Silver Corp. (EXK)
• Silvercorp Metals Inc. (SVM)
• Great Panther Silver Ltd (GPL)
• Mines Management, Inc. (MGN)

Top Performing Silver Stocks 2015

The following is the year-to-date return of these stocks in 2015. Some of these stocks are listed in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ, etc. They may be part of international stocks listed in US stock exchange.

Top performing silver stocks 2015 are:

1. Silver Standard Resources Inc. (SSRI) 30.74%
2. Hecla Mining Co. (HL) 16.62%
3. Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS) 11.74%
4. Coeur Mining, Inc. (CDE) 10.96%
5. First Majestic Silver Corp. (AG) 6.97%
6. Endeavour Silver Corp. (EXK) 6.02%
7. Silvercorp Metals Inc. (SVM) 2.31%
8. Silver Wheaton Corp. (SLW) 0.94%

Silver Stocks Table

No.	Company	Ticker	Country	Market Cap	Price
1	Silver Wheaton Corp.	SLW	Canada	8.24B	20.47
2	Pan American Silver Corp.	PAAS	Canada	1.53B	10.15
3	Hecla Mining Co.	HL	USA	1.20B	3.25
4	Coeur Mining, Inc.	CDE	USA	770.89M	5.67
5	First Majestic Silver Corp.	AG	Canada	631.46M	5.37
6	Silver Standard Resources Inc.	SSRI	Canada	528.94M	6.55
7	MAG Silver Corp.	MVG	Canada	515.73M	7.53
8	Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.	FSM	Canada	506.34M	3.93
9	Endeavour Silver Corp.	EXK	Canada	232.50M	2.29
10	Silvercorp Metals Inc.	SVM	Canada	226.83M	1.33
11	Great Panther Silver Ltd	GPL	Canada	83.73M	0.6
12	Mines Management, Inc.	MGN	USA	20.28M	0.68