AYA vs. MAG, FR, SVM, KNT, SEA, CG, OLA, CFP, TXG, and LIF
Should you be buying Aya Gold & Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aya Gold & Silver include MAG Silver (MAG), First Majestic Silver (FR), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), K92 Mining (KNT), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Centerra Gold (CG), Orla Mining (OLA), Canfor (CFP), Torex Gold Resources (TXG), and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) and MAG Silver (TSE:MAG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, MAG Silver had 12 more articles in the media than Aya Gold & Silver. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for MAG Silver and 9 mentions for Aya Gold & Silver. Aya Gold & Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat MAG Silver's score of 0.48 indicating that Aya Gold & Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MAG Silver received 183 more outperform votes than Aya Gold & Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.71% of users gave Aya Gold & Silver an outperform vote while only 56.07% of users gave MAG Silver an outperform vote.
MAG Silver has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Aya Gold & Silver has a net margin of 12.85% compared to MAG Silver's net margin of 0.00%. MAG Silver's return on equity of 10.71% beat Aya Gold & Silver's return on equity.
Aya Gold & Silver has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MAG Silver has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
41.2% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.9% of MAG Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of MAG Silver shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Aya Gold & Silver presently has a consensus target price of C$16.87, indicating a potential upside of 25.50%. MAG Silver has a consensus target price of C$19.81, indicating a potential upside of 16.43%. Given Aya Gold & Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Aya Gold & Silver is more favorable than MAG Silver.
Summary
Aya Gold & Silver beats MAG Silver on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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