MAG vs. IAG, CDE, FSM, CGAU, SA, SILV, ORLA, NFGC, EQX, and SAND
Should you be buying MAG Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MAG Silver include IAMGOLD (IAG), Coeur Mining (CDE), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Orla Mining (ORLA), New Found Gold (NFGC), Equinox Gold (EQX), and Sandstorm Gold (SAND). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
MAG Silver vs.
MAG Silver (NYSEAMERICAN:MAG) and IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, MAG Silver had 2 more articles in the media than IAMGOLD. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for MAG Silver and 8 mentions for IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat MAG Silver's score of -0.39 indicating that IAMGOLD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MAG Silver has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IAMGOLD's net margin of -5.65%. MAG Silver's return on equity of 7.09% beat IAMGOLD's return on equity.
MAG Silver has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAMGOLD has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MAG Silver presently has a consensus price target of $24.63, indicating a potential upside of 103.85%. IAMGOLD has a consensus price target of $2.68, indicating a potential downside of 0.93%. Given MAG Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MAG Silver is more favorable than IAMGOLD.
IAMGOLD received 457 more outperform votes than MAG Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.16% of users gave MAG Silver an outperform vote while only 56.88% of users gave IAMGOLD an outperform vote.
40.1% of MAG Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of MAG Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of IAMGOLD shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MAG Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MAG Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MAG Silver beats IAMGOLD on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MAG 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 NYSEAMERICAN 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.
MAG Silver Competitors List
