Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM) Competitors

First Majestic Silver (TSE:AG) and Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSE:NDM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is AG or NDM more profitable?

Northern Dynasty Minerals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -14.81%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of -5.74% beat Northern Dynasty Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Majestic Silver	-14.81%	-5.74%	-1.24%
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	-14.44%	-8.16%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AG or NDM?

37.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Northern Dynasty Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AG or NDM?

Northern Dynasty Minerals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Majestic Silver. Northern Dynasty Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Majestic Silver, 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$621.80M	6.23	-C$92.07M	-C$0.39	-29.71
Northern Dynasty Minerals	N/A	N/A	-C$17.31M	-C$0.03	-57.05

Do analysts prefer AG or NDM?

First Majestic Silver currently has a consensus price target of C$7.25, suggesting a potential downside of 36.74%. Given First Majestic Silver's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Northern Dynasty Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Northern Dynasty Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AG or NDM?

Northern Dynasty Minerals received 346 more outperform votes than First Majestic Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave Northern Dynasty Minerals an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 4 100.00%
Northern Dynasty Minerals	Outperform Votes 346 65.16%	Underperform Votes 185 34.84%

Does the media refer more to AG or NDM?

In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 3 more articles in the media than Northern Dynasty Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 3 mentions for Northern Dynasty Minerals. Northern Dynasty Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.28 indicating that Northern Dynasty Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Majestic Silver	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Northern Dynasty Minerals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, AG or NDM?

First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Dynasty Minerals has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Northern Dynasty Minerals beats First Majestic Silver on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.