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First Majestic Silver (AG) Competitors

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AG vs. BTG, CDE, EXK, FSM, HL, PAAS, SA, WPM, SVM, and MAG

Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include B2Gold (BTG), Coeur Mining (CDE), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Fortuna Mining (FSM), Hecla Mining (HL), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), and MAG Silver (MAG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

First Majestic Silver vs. Its Competitors

B2Gold (NYSE:BTG) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

B2Gold has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B2Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
B2Gold$1.97B2.30$10.10M-$0.47-7.31
First Majestic Silver$560.60M7.33-$101.89M-$0.29-29.09

B2Gold currently has a consensus price target of $4.31, suggesting a potential upside of 25.55%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of $9.63, suggesting a potential upside of 14.11%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
B2Gold
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
First Majestic Silver
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

In the previous week, B2Gold had 6 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for B2Gold and 5 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat B2Gold's score of 0.96 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
B2Gold
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Majestic Silver
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

B2Gold has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

First Majestic Silver has a net margin of -12.32% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -33.12%. B2Gold's return on equity of 5.65% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
B2Gold-33.12% 5.65% 4.06%
First Majestic Silver -12.32%-0.14%-0.10%

61.4% of B2Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of B2Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

B2Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. B2Gold pays out -17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Majestic Silver pays out -6.9% 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. B2Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

B2Gold beats First Majestic Silver on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AG vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Majestic SilverMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.11B$5.33B$3.26B$21.05B
Dividend Yield0.20%1.09%5.14%3.58%
P/E Ratio-29.0520.24110.0727.79
Price / Sales7.337.0129,917,952,646,681,400.0059.58
Price / Cash32.8820.4323.9523.00
Price / Book1.952.536.104.68
Net Income-$101.89M$91.54M$147.58M$994.49M
7 Day Performance2.00%2.95%1.55%1.38%
1 Month Performance3.62%5.27%7.40%5.63%
1 Year Performance44.06%50.31%30.00%11.26%

First Majestic Silver Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AG
First Majestic Silver
3.0107 of 5 stars
$8.44
-2.7%
$9.63
+14.1%
+45.9%$4.11B$560.60M-29.053,818Positive News
BTG
B2Gold
3.2404 of 5 stars
$3.43
+3.0%
$4.31
+25.7%
+20.1%$4.54B$1.97B-7.154,690Analyst Revision
CDE
Coeur Mining
3.0883 of 5 stars
$9.47
+4.2%
$9.21
-2.6%
+47.6%$6.05B$1.05B36.412,116Positive News
EXK
Endeavour Silver
2.7688 of 5 stars
$5.50
+2.1%
$8.33
+51.7%
+25.7%$1.59B$217.41M-21.131,120
FSM
Fortuna Mining
2.6484 of 5 stars
$6.72
+6.8%
$7.50
+11.7%
+40.5%$2.06B$1.15B13.172,327
HL
Hecla Mining
4.0261 of 5 stars
$6.06
+4.0%
$7.07
+16.8%
+5.4%$3.83B$929.92M55.051,830
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.2096 of 5 stars
$29.49
+5.0%
$31.40
+6.5%
+29.0%$10.67B$2.82B33.909,000Analyst Revision
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.0173 of 5 stars
$16.36
+4.1%
N/A+15.8%$1.67BN/A-163.6040
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.9346 of 5 stars
$91.34
+3.4%
$93.00
+1.8%
+56.9%$41.46B$1.28B67.1640Positive News
Analyst Revision
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
2.9858 of 5 stars
$4.60
+3.6%
$5.93
+28.8%
N/A$1.00B$298.89M15.331,190Positive News
MAG
MAG Silver
N/A$21.76
+48.4%
N/A+60.6%$2.17BN/A24.7210News Coverage

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