MAG vs. FR, AYA, SVM, DV, MYA, USA, KTN, SVE, IPT, and GPR
Should you be buying MAG Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MAG Silver include First Majestic Silver (FR), Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Maya Gold and Silver (MYA), Americas Silver (USA), Kootenay Silver (KTN), Silver One Resources (SVE), IMPACT Silver (IPT), and Great Panther Mining (GPR). These companies are all part of the "silver" industry.
MAG Silver (TSE:MAG) and First Majestic Silver (TSE:FR) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
First Majestic Silver received 156 more outperform votes than MAG Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.73% of users gave MAG Silver an outperform vote while only 55.23% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MAG Silver had 25 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for MAG Silver and 2 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat MAG Silver's score of 0.96 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MAG Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$21.06, suggesting a potential upside of 16.26%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of C$7.33, suggesting a potential downside of 9.35%. Given MAG Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe MAG Silver is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
MAG Silver has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
57.5% of MAG Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of MAG Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MAG Silver has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -9.18%. MAG Silver's return on equity of 11.97% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
MAG Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver 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 First Majestic Silver on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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