NYSE:AG - First Majestic Silver Stock Price, Forecast & News

First Majestic Silver trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AG."

First Majestic Silver announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Monday, March 19th 2018, which allows the company to buyback 8,290,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

First Majestic Silver Corp. (NYSE:AG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 7th. The mining company reported $0.06 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.01. The mining company had revenue of $97 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $134.54 million. First Majestic Silver had a negative net margin of 11.12% and a positive return on equity of 0.87%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted ($0.03) EPS. View First Majestic Silver's Earnings History.

First Majestic Silver is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First Majestic Silver.

3 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for First Majestic Silver's shares. Their forecasts range from $7.40 to $12.00. On average, they expect First Majestic Silver's share price to reach $9.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for First Majestic Silver.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Majestic Silver in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for First Majestic Silver.

Press coverage about AG stock has been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Majestic Silver earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the mining company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for First Majestic Silver.

First Majestic Silver saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 23,600,000 shares, an increase of 14.6% from the January 15th total of 20,590,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,380,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.4 days. Approximately 13.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View First Majestic Silver's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to First Majestic Silver include Kinross Gold (KGC), Gold Fields (GFI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (AUY), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Iamgold (IAG), Osisko gold royalties (OR), Coeur Mining (CDE), Seabridge Gold (SA), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), DRDGOLD (DRD), McEwen Mining (MUX) and Endeavour Silver (EXK).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Majestic Silver investors own include First Majestic Silver (FR), SSR Mining (SSRM), Coeur Mining (CDE), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Yamana Gold (AUY), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Canopy Growth (CGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Barrick Gold (GOLD) and McEwen Mining (MUX).

First Majestic Silver's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Van ECK Associates Corp (11.37%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (1.93%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.69%), FMR LLC (0.77%), TD Asset Management Inc. (0.25%) and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (0.23%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for First Majestic Silver.

AG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., TD Asset Management Inc., Trexquant Investment LP, Sigma Planning Corp, Virtu Financial LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Cipher Capital LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Majestic Silver.

AG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Van ECK Associates Corp, Sprott Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P., Aigen Investment Management LP and BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for First Majestic Silver.

Shares of AG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.24.

First Majestic Silver has a market capitalization of $1.92 billion and generates $363.94 million in revenue each year. The mining company earns $-40,470,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.04 on an earnings per share basis. First Majestic Silver employs 5,131 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About First Majestic Silver.

The official website for First Majestic Silver is http://www.firstmajestic.com/.

First Majestic Silver's mailing address is 925 WEST GEORGIA STREET SUITE 1805, VANCOUVER A1, V6C 3L2. The mining company can be reached via phone at 604-688-3033.