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Americas Gold and Silver

USAS
$4.09
-29%since Benson's first pick

Market price data through August 3, 2026.

Performance

Aug 2021Aug 2026

Benson's first pick
$0$4$7$11Aug 2021Oct 2022Feb 2024May 2025Aug 2026Benson picked · $5.88
Model signal
Buy
What Benson's model currently says about this stock.
Benson rating
3.4 / 5
Benson's overall conviction in this stock right now.
Risk
High risk
How bumpy the ride tends to be with this stock.

Track record

How this pick has done since Benson first called it.

Benson Return
-29%
How much this stock is up since Benson first picked it — measured from the price at the time of that first pick, not from today.
First pick price
~$6
Roughly what one share cost when Benson first picked this stock. This is the starting line for the Benson Return.
Tracking since
June 2026
The month this stock first became a Benson pick.
Tracking duration
1 month
How long Benson has been tracking this pick.

About Americas Gold and Silver

Americas Gold and Silver is a North American silver miner that digs precious metals out of the ground from two main operations: the Galena Complex in Idaho and the Cosala mines in Mexico. Think of it as a leveraged bet on the price of silver. When silver climbs, a small producer like this can move a whole lot faster than the metal itself.

The case for and against

Both sides of the story, in plain English.

Bull case
  • Silver On Fire

    Silver and gold are sitting near record highs, and that flows straight to a focused miner like this one. Silver production in the third quarter of 2025 hit 765,000 ounces, almost double the year before, and revenue grew about 37 percent year over year to 30.6 million dollars. The stock has been on a tear, up roughly 200 percent in six months.

  • Building Real Scale

    The company just bought the Crescent silver mine, located only 9 miles from its flagship Galena Complex in Idaho. The plan is to feed that high grade ore straight into mills it already owns, which is one of the cheapest ways to grow output. Legendary mining investor Eric Sprott is the largest shareholder with about a 20 percent stake.

Bear case
  • Still Losing Money

    Growing production is one thing, turning a profit is another. Net margins are negative 36 percent and the company posted a net loss of about 49.7 million dollars over the first nine months of 2025. Until those mines start making money, this is a story about potential, not results.

  • Dilution Risk

    This is a small company with a tight balance sheet and a long history of selling new shares to raise cash, which shrinks each existing owner's slice of the pie. Management has said it may need more funding to finish its growth plans. And because the whole business rides on the silver price, a pullback in metals would hit it hard.

How to read this page

This automated research summary uses Financial Modeling Prep market data through 2026-08-03. Model signals, scores, and risk labels can change and may be incomplete or wrong.

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