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$8.51 -0.01 (-0.06%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:54 PM Eastern
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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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

B2Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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.

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

B2Gold currently has a consensus price target of $4.21, indicating a potential upside of 15.41%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of $8.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.88%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, B2Gold had 4 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for B2Gold and 3 mentions for First Majestic Silver. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.42 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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%

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$1.97B2.45$10.10M-$0.47-7.77
First Majestic Silver$560.60M7.35-$101.89M-$0.29-29.33

Summary

B2Gold beats First Majestic Silver on 15 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$4.10B$5.40B$3.28B$20.72B
Dividend Yield0.21%1.11%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio-29.3320.2991.9528.09
Price / Sales7.356.9827,091,750,169,140,100.0038.30
Price / Cash31.5319.4823.8922.53
Price / Book1.962.505.894.58
Net Income-$101.89M$91.54M$147.76M$986.06M
7 Day Performance5.98%4.20%2.28%2.79%
1 Month Performance1.29%0.84%4.75%5.46%
1 Year Performance32.89%50.02%25.04%15.06%

First Majestic Silver Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AG
First Majestic Silver
1.0648 of 5 stars
$8.51
-0.1%
$8.75
+2.9%
+36.5%$4.10B$560.60M-29.333,818
BTG
B2Gold
2.3659 of 5 stars
$3.61
+2.3%
$4.21
+16.7%
+31.3%$4.77B$1.97B-7.524,690
CDE
Coeur Mining
3.0614 of 5 stars
$8.86
+1.7%
$8.75
-1.2%
+52.3%$5.67B$1.05B34.082,116News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EXK
Endeavour Silver
2.1914 of 5 stars
$4.92
+2.1%
$6.83
+38.9%
+31.8%$1.42B$217.60M-18.921,120Analyst Upgrade
FSM
Fortuna Mining
0.7492 of 5 stars
$6.55
+3.0%
$7.00
+6.9%
+31.3%$2.01B$1.06B12.842,327
HL
Hecla Mining
3.8197 of 5 stars
$6.00
+2.7%
$7.10
+18.3%
+16.8%$3.80B$929.92M54.551,830News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.4017 of 5 stars
$28.39
+2.4%
$30.60
+7.8%
+39.0%$10.27B$2.99B32.639,000News Coverage
Positive News
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.0501 of 5 stars
$14.52
+3.1%
N/A+7.4%$1.46BN/A-145.2040
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.2167 of 5 stars
$89.91
+3.0%
$92.75
+3.2%
+66.3%$40.81B$1.46B66.1140Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
3.4499 of 5 stars
$4.22
+3.7%
$5.68
+34.5%
N/A$919.96M$298.89M14.071,190News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MAG
MAG Silver
N/A$20.93
+42.7%
N/A+75.9%$2.18BN/A23.5410

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