AG vs. SAND, NG, EGO, IAG, CGAU, SA, CDE, FSM, NFGC, and EXK
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include Sandstorm Gold (SAND), NovaGold Resources (NG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), IAMGOLD (IAG), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), Coeur Mining (CDE), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), New Found Gold (NFGC), and Endeavour Silver (EXK). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
First Majestic Silver vs.
First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) and Sandstorm Gold (NYSE:SAND) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
30.4% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Sandstorm Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 1 more articles in the media than Sandstorm Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 3 mentions for Sandstorm Gold. Sandstorm Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.38 indicating that Sandstorm Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sandstorm Gold has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Sandstorm Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. First Majestic Silver pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sandstorm Gold pays out 16.2% 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.
Sandstorm Gold has a net margin of 53.82% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -35.59%. Sandstorm Gold's return on equity of 3.04% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
First Majestic Silver received 392 more outperform votes than Sandstorm Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.83% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 44.83% of users gave Sandstorm Gold an outperform vote.
First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus price target of $9.40, suggesting a potential upside of 63.05%. Sandstorm Gold has a consensus price target of $9.66, suggesting a potential upside of 80.49%. Given Sandstorm Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sandstorm Gold is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
Sandstorm Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sandstorm Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sandstorm Gold beats First Majestic Silver on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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