Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. (SCZM): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is SCZM undervalued?

SCZM has a margin of safety of 47%: the stock closed at 7.69 on 5 Nov 2026 against a GLS average fair value of 14.63. 5 of the 8 valuation models that produced a number sit above the price. Our scans treat a discount this large as a strong starting point for a cash-secured put, not as a verdict - the fair value is a model output, and a wide gap can mean the models are missing something the market knows.

There is a wide gap between DCF (2.36) and GLS Growth (27.78). When the models are this far apart the "fair value" is really a range, and the margin of safety above should be read with that range in mind.

Ranked against every other company we cover, SCZM is clearly faster-growing than it is cheap, so the nightly engine files it under Growth (value score 47, growth score 82, out of 100).

Nine valuation models for SCZM

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. scores 7 of 9 on the Piotroski F-score, the nine yes/no tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency on the latest annual accounts - a strong reading that passes the "Piotroski 6 or more" Wheel Trade Filter with room to spare. On durability SCZM scores 5.4/10 on the GLS Moat - a middle reading; the Moat Score tab on the Quote page's Financials view shows which of the four parts hold it back.

Returns on capital are high - ROIC 23.4%, ROE 23.6%, ROA 9.5% - with debt at 0.01 times equity and a free-cash-flow yield of 5.1%.

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. pays no dividend, so the DDM model does not apply and a covered-call holder earns only the premium and any price gain.

Institutional ownership scores 1/10, insider activity 5/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 31: No options

No options are listed on Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. in our nightly snapshot, so it fails the first Wheel Trade Filter (options that actually trade) (it reads 31, under 70) and is left out of every options scan; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 425k shares a day on a market cap of $715M, with a beta of 2.79 - a high beta, so the stock tends to move more than the market and a strike can be gapped through; the Stability part of the Wheel Score rates that weak.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls: a stock must pass all 9 Wheel Trade Filters to score 70, and the score then ranks the ones that pass; the Sunday Scan is the top 10. It is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. How the Wheel Score works · the walkthrough lesson shows how it fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. reports earnings on 13 Nov 2026 (after the close) - inside the 14-day window the Sunday Scan avoids, because a put sold now would carry the report's gap risk.

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