AYA vs. MAG, SVM, FR, KNT, CG, LIF, CFP, SEA, DPM, and TXG
Should you be buying Aya Gold & Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aya Gold & Silver include MAG Silver (MAG), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), First Majestic Silver (FR), K92 Mining (KNT), Centerra Gold (CG), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Canfor (CFP), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), and Torex Gold Resources (TXG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
MAG Silver (TSE:MAG) and Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Aya Gold & Silver has a net margin of 12.85% compared to Aya Gold & Silver's net margin of 0.00%. Aya Gold & Silver's return on equity of 10.71% beat MAG Silver's return on equity.
56.9% of MAG Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of MAG Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MAG Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aya Gold & Silver. MAG Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aya Gold & Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MAG Silver has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aya Gold & Silver has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MAG Silver received 183 more outperform votes than Aya Gold & Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.40% of users gave Aya Gold & Silver an outperform vote while only 55.90% of users gave MAG Silver an outperform vote.
MAG Silver presently has a consensus target price of C$20.17, suggesting a potential upside of 5.42%. Aya Gold & Silver has a consensus target price of C$16.92, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. Given MAG Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aya Gold & Silver is more favorable than MAG Silver.
In the previous week, MAG Silver had 13 more articles in the media than Aya Gold & Silver. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for MAG Silver and 22 mentions for Aya Gold & Silver. Aya Gold & Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat MAG Silver's score of 0.68 indicating that MAG Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Aya Gold & Silver beats MAG Silver on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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