First Majestic Silver (AG) Competitors

First Majestic Silver (TSE:AG) and iA Financial (TSE:IAG) are both precious metals companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do analysts rate AG or IAG?

First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$21.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.48%. iA Financial has a consensus price target of C$145.88, indicating a potential downside of 2.22%. Given First Majestic Silver's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than iA Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
iA Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Which has more risk and volatility, AG or IAG?

First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.147071, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iA Financial has a beta of 0.851904, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

26.1% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is AG or IAG a better dividend stock?

First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. First Majestic Silver pays out -196.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. iA Financial pays out 32.9% 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AG or IAG?

iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iA Financial, 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	C$831.05M	7.46	-C$92.07M	-C$0.01	-1,269.00
iA Financial	C$4.95B	2.80	C$990.15M	C$10.71	13.93

Is AG or IAG more profitable?

iA Financial has a net margin of 6.85% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -14.81%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Majestic Silver	-14.81%	-5.74%	-1.24%
iA Financial	6.85%	13.73%	0.68%

Does the media favor AG or IAG?

In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 1 more articles in the media than iA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 2 mentions for iA Financial. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat iA Financial's score of -0.09 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
iA Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

iA Financial beats First Majestic Silver on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.