FR vs. MAG, AYA, SVM, DV, MYA, USA, KTN, SVE, IPT, and GPR
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include MAG Silver (MAG), Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Maya Gold and Silver (MYA), Americas Silver (USA), Kootenay Silver (KTN), Silver One Resources (SVE), IMPACT Silver (IPT), and Great Panther Mining (GPR). These companies are all part of the "silver" industry.
MAG Silver (TSE:MAG) and First Majestic Silver (TSE:FR) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.
MAG Silver has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
57.5% of MAG Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of MAG Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MAG Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.12%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of C$7.33, suggesting a potential downside of 27.82%. Given First Majestic Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MAG Silver is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
First Majestic Silver received 157 more outperform votes than MAG Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.75% of users gave MAG Silver an outperform vote while only 55.23% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MAG Silver had 2 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MAG Silver and 1 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat MAG Silver's score of 0.45 indicating that MAG Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MAG Silver has a net margin of 0.00% compared to MAG Silver's net margin of -9.18%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of 11.97% beat MAG Silver's return on equity.
MAG Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MAG Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MAG Silver beats First Majestic Silver on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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