AG vs. IAG, CDE, SAND, FSM, CGAU, OR, EGO, TGB, NFGC, and DRD
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), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Taseko Mines (TGB), New Found Gold (NFGC), and DRDGOLD (DRD). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
IAMGOLD presently has a consensus target price of $3.55, indicating a potential downside of 1.11%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 135.07%. Given IAMGOLD's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than IAMGOLD.
In the previous week, IAMGOLD had 2 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for IAMGOLD and 4 mentions for First Majestic Silver. IAMGOLD's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 1.01 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 9.55% compared to IAMGOLD's net margin of -23.55%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of 1.97% beat IAMGOLD's return on equity.
47.1% of IAMGOLD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of IAMGOLD shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
IAMGOLD received 180 more outperform votes than First Majestic Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.68% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 56.24% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.
Summary
IAMGOLD beats First Majestic Silver on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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