As the dollar drops and confidence in the U. S. bond market wanes, market participants are considering alternatives. Gold has been rocketing lately but it’s the other precious metal — silver — that’s been slowly and steadily rising from late 2022 to the present.
The metal has industrial applications, used in the making of laptops and solar panels, for example — but the main interest is how it’s been trading recently better than many other assets.
Investors concerned with inflation are finding it and buying the stocks that mine it.
You can tell by the up trends in price.
4 Silver Stocks And One Silver ETF
Global X Silver Miners ETF:
The fund contains 33 holdings and has net assets of $1.52 billion. The 50-week moving average in late 2024 crossed above the 200-week moving average. This week’s high is the highest on the three-plus years chart.
Wheaton Precious Metals:
The gold and silver miner has enough silver production that Global X made the stock its largest holding in the ETF. The stock trades well above both the up trending 50-week and the up trending 200-week moving averages. The relative strength indicator (RSI, below the price chart) is diverging negatively from price now.
Pan American Silver:
The stock has been moving steadily upward since the February/March 2024 low. The 50-week moving average in early January 2025 crossed above the 200-day moving average, a sign of the new strength. The early 2022 peak of near $28 will be the next major test.
Pan American Silver has a market cap of $9.84 billion. The price-earnings ratio is 88 and the forward p/e is 13.10. The debt-to-equity ratio is .17. This year’s earnings are up 82%. Earnings over the past five years are down by 11%. The company offers investors a 1.77% dividend.
Compania de Minas Buenaventura:
After dipping below the 50-week moving average in mid-2024, the stock moved back above it in March 2025. Note that the 200-week moving average has been in an up trend since bottoming in late 2023. The March 2024 peak of near $18.50 may be significant resistance on any further rally.
Compania de Minas Buenaventura has a market cap of $3.75 billion The Peruvian miner trades with a price-earnings ratio of 9.33 at just 1.01 times book value. The debt-to-equity ratio is .18. The company pays a 1.58% dividend. Scotiabank just raised its price target for the stock from $15 to $15.50.
Endeavor Silver:
The main thing on this price chart is how the 50-week moving average in February 2025 crossed above the 200-week moving average and continued higher. From $1.50 in early 2024 to the current $4.07 amounts to a gain of 170% for those who bought shares then and held on.
Endeavour Silver has a market cap of $1.07 billion. The Canadian miner has earnings per share this year up 479% and up over the past five years by 18.21%. The debt-to-equity ratio is .25. Investment firm Raymond James initiated coverage of the stock in March 2025 with an “outperform” rating.
Stats courtesy of FinViz.com. Charts. Courtesy of Stockcharts.com.
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