AG vs. IAG, CDE, SAND, FSM, CGAU, SA, SILV, OR, SSRM, and EGO
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include IAMGOLD (IAG), Coeur Mining (CDE), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), SSR Mining (SSRM), and Eldorado Gold (EGO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) and IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IAMGOLD received 180 more outperform votes than First Majestic Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.65% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 56.07% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.
First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus price target of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 66.45%. IAMGOLD has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.20%. Given First Majestic Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than IAMGOLD.
IAMGOLD has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IAMGOLD, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IAMGOLD has a net margin of 12.48% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -9.18%. IAMGOLD's return on equity of 3.17% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 14 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for IAMGOLD and 8 mentions for First Majestic Silver. IAMGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.32 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
IAMGOLD beats First Majestic Silver on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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