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Is Avino Silver (ASM) Outperforming Other Basic Materials Stocks This Year?

By Zacks Equity Research | October 14, 2025, 9:40 AM

Investors interested in Basic Materials stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Has Avino Silver (ASM) been one of those stocks this year? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Basic Materials sector should help us answer this question.

Avino Silver is a member of the Basic Materials sector. This group includes 241 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #8. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. Avino Silver is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Within the past quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for ASM's full-year earnings has moved 33.3% higher. This is a sign of improving analyst sentiment and a positive earnings outlook trend.

According to our latest data, ASM has moved about 506.1% on a year-to-date basis. Meanwhile, stocks in the Basic Materials group have gained about 25.4% on average. This means that Avino Silver is outperforming the sector as a whole this year.

Eldorado Gold Corporation (EGO) is another Basic Materials stock that has outperformed the sector so far this year. Since the beginning of the year, the stock has returned 93.4%.

In Eldorado Gold Corporation's case, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year increased 2.6% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

Looking more specifically, Avino Silver belongs to the Mining - Silver industry, a group that includes 9 individual stocks and currently sits at #27 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, this group has gained an average of 124.6% so far this year, meaning that ASM is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.

In contrast, Eldorado Gold Corporation falls under the Mining - Gold industry. Currently, this industry has 42 stocks and is ranked #35. Since the beginning of the year, the industry has moved +124.7%.

Going forward, investors interested in Basic Materials stocks should continue to pay close attention to Avino Silver and Eldorado Gold Corporation as they could maintain their solid performance.

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