AG vs. IAG, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, EQX, NVA, SKE, and NG
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), Equinox Gold (EQX), NuVista Energy (NVA), Skeena Resources (SKE), and NovaGold Resources (NG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
First Majestic Silver vs. Its Competitors
iA Financial (TSE:IAG) and First Majestic Silver (TSE:AG) are both precious metals companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
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.
iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
iA Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$141.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.35%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of C$7.25, suggesting a potential downside of 38.35%. Given iA Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe iA Financial is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. iA Financial pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Majestic Silver pays out -5.2% 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.
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.
In the previous week, iA Financial and iA Financial both had 2 articles in the media. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat iA Financial's score of 0.70 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
iA Financial beats First Majestic Silver on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:AG) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff