MAG vs. FR, AYA, SVM, DV, MYA, USA, SVE, KTN, IPT, and GPR
Should you be buying MAG Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MAG Silver include First Majestic Silver (FR), Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Maya Gold and Silver (MYA), Americas Silver (USA), Silver One Resources (SVE), Kootenay Silver (KTN), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
MAG Silver currently has a consensus target price of C$20.94, suggesting a potential upside of 24.00%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of C$7.33, suggesting a potential downside of 12.70%. Given MAG Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MAG Silver is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
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.
First Majestic Silver received 156 more outperform votes than MAG Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.87% 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 9 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MAG Silver and 0 mentions for First Majestic Silver. MAG Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that MAG Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
57.5% of MAG Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of MAG Silver shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MAG Silver has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -9.18%. MAG Silver's return on equity of 11.97% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
MAG Silver has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MAG Silver beats First Majestic Silver on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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