FSM vs. AEM, AG, AGI, CDE, EXK, HL, PAAS, WPM, SVM, and MAG
Should you be buying Fortuna Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortuna Mining include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), First Majestic Silver (AG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Coeur Mining (CDE), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Hecla Mining (HL), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), and MAG Silver (MAG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Fortuna Mining vs. Its Competitors
Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 23 more articles in the media than Fortuna Mining. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 2 mentions for Fortuna Mining. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Fortuna Mining's score of 0.22 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
33.8% of Fortuna Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortuna Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fortuna Mining has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 26.48% compared to Fortuna Mining's net margin of 14.28%. Fortuna Mining's return on equity of 12.94% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
Fortuna Mining presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.58%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.85%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Fortuna Mining.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Fortuna Mining. Fortuna Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Fortuna Mining on 13 of the 17 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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This page (NYSE:FSM) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
