Silvercorp Metals Inc., together with its subsidiaries, acquires, explores, develops, and mines mineral properties in China. It explores for copper, silver, gold, lead, and zinc metals. The company was formerly known as SKN Resources Ltd. and changed its name to Silvercorp Metals Inc. in May 2005. Silvercorp Metals Inc. is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.89), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Where SVM ranks in Materials: Precious Metals & Mining
Silvercorp Metals Inc. ranks #20 of 68
scored companies in Materials: Precious Metals & Mining by moat score — the top 29%.
The widest moat in the group is Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (WPM)
at 79/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near SVM in Materials: Precious Metals & Mining
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 48
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 85
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 42
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 74
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 42
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Silvercorp Metals Inc. (SVM) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #20 of 68 scored companies in Materials: Precious Metals & Mining, the top 29%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 67 companies in Materials: Precious Metals & Mining. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (85/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (42/100).
How does Silvercorp Metals Inc. compare with other Materials: Precious Metals & Mining companies?
Silvercorp Metals Inc. ranks #20 of 68 scored companies in Materials: Precious Metals & Mining by moat score. The widest moat in Materials: Precious Metals & Mining is Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (WPM) at 78/100. The companies ranked closest are Caledonia Mining Corporation Pl (CMCL) at 61 just above it and Fortuna Mining Corp. (FSM) at 60 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 67 companies in Materials: Precious Metals & Mining. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Silvercorp Metals Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Silvercorp Metals Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SVM scores: Pricing Power (70), Cost Advantage (48), Customer Stickiness (85), Capital Efficiency (42), Resilience (74), Scale & Market Position (42). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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