Coeur Mining (CDE) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend AG or CDE?

First Majestic Silver currently has a consensus price target of $9.63, suggesting a potential upside of 22.77%. Coeur Mining has a consensus price target of $9.21, suggesting a potential upside of 6.28%. Given First Majestic Silver's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Coeur Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Coeur Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AG or CDE?

Coeur Mining has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coeur 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
First Majestic Silver	$703.06M	5.43	-$101.89M	-$0.29	-27.03
Coeur Mining	$1.20B	4.62	$58.90M	$0.26	33.35

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AG or CDE?

27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by company 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.

Is AG or CDE more profitable?

Coeur Mining has a net margin of 10.11% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -12.32%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 9.96% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Majestic Silver	-12.32%	-0.14%	-0.10%
Coeur Mining	10.11%	9.96%	5.55%

Which has more volatility and risk, AG or CDE?

First Majestic Silver has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AG or CDE?

In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 8 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Coeur Mining and 5 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Coeur Mining's score of 1.03 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Majestic Silver	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Coeur Mining	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Coeur Mining beats First Majestic Silver on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.