MAG vs. AG, FR, DV, AYA, SVM, USA, MYA, SVE, IPT, and KTN
Should you be buying MAG Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MAG Silver include First Majestic Silver (AG), First Majestic Silver (FR), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Americas Silver (USA), Maya Gold and Silver (MYA), Silver One Resources (SVE), IMPACT Silver (IPT), and Kootenay Silver (KTN). These companies are all part of the "silver" industry.
MAG Silver vs. Its Competitors
First Majestic Silver (TSE:AG) and MAG Silver (TSE:MAG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$7.25, suggesting a potential downside of 37.07%. MAG Silver has a consensus price target of C$26.43, suggesting a potential downside of 9.54%. Given MAG Silver's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MAG Silver is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MAG Silver has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
37.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of MAG Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of MAG Silver shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MAG Silver has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -14.81%. MAG Silver's return on equity of 13.87% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
In the previous week, MAG Silver had 5 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MAG Silver and 4 mentions for First Majestic Silver. MAG Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.69 indicating that MAG Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MAG Silver has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 10 of the 14 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 TSE 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 (TSE:MAG) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
