First Majestic Silver (AG) Competitors

SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.

Does the media refer more to SSRM or AG?

In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 6 more articles in the media than SSR Mining. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 6 mentions for SSR Mining. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat SSR Mining's score of 0.65 indicating that SSR Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SSR Mining	2 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, SSRM or AG?

SSR Mining has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SSRM or AG?

SSR Mining currently has a consensus target price of $6.56, suggesting a potential upside of 19.54%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of $12.67, suggesting a potential upside of 116.71%. Given SSR Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than SSR Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SSR Mining	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is SSRM or AG a better dividend stock?

SSR Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. SSR Mining pays out -10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Majestic Silver pays out -6.2% 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. SSR Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSRM or AG?

First Majestic Silver received 46 more outperform votes than SSR Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.70% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 52.78% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SSR Mining	Outperform Votes 389 52.78%	Underperform Votes 348 47.22%
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes 435 61.70%	Underperform Votes 270 38.30%

Is SSRM or AG more profitable?

First Majestic Silver has a net margin of -9.18% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -30.90%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of 6.37% beat SSR Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SSR Mining	-30.90%	6.37%	5.02%
First Majestic Silver	-9.18%	-3.28%	-2.25%

Which has better valuation and earnings, SSRM or AG?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SSR Mining	$1.43B	0.78	-$98.01M	-$2.07	-2.65
First Majestic Silver	$573.80M	2.96	-$135.11M	-$0.16	-36.53

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SSRM or AG?

68.3% of SSR Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of SSR Mining 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Majestic Silver beats SSR Mining on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.