AG vs. AGI, HMY, PAAS, OR, BTG, SBSW, EGO, IAG, SAND, and FSM
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTG), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Eldorado Gold (EGO), IAMGOLD (IAG), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
First Majestic Silver vs.
Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.
Alamos Gold currently has a consensus price target of $30.38, indicating a potential upside of 13.15%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of $8.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.48%. Given Alamos Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 21.11% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -18.17%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 10.05% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Alamos Gold pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Majestic Silver pays out -3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 7 more articles in the media than Alamos Gold. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 0 mentions for Alamos Gold. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Alamos Gold's score of 0.65 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alamos Gold has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First Majestic Silver received 22 more outperform votes than Alamos Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.51% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 56.62% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote.
Alamos Gold has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats First Majestic Silver on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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