USA vs. MAG, FR, AYA, SVM, DV, MYA, KTN, SVE, IPT, and GPR
Should you be buying Americas Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Americas Silver include MAG Silver (MAG), First Majestic Silver (FR), Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Maya Gold and Silver (MYA), Kootenay Silver (KTN), Silver One Resources (SVE), IMPACT Silver (IPT), and Great Panther Mining (GPR). These companies are all part of the "silver" industry.
Americas Silver vs. Its Competitors
Americas Silver (TSE:USA) and MAG Silver (TSE:MAG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
MAG Silver has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Americas Silver's net margin of -44.59%. MAG Silver's return on equity of 13.87% beat Americas Silver's return on equity.
In the previous week, Americas Silver had 2 more articles in the media than MAG Silver. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Americas Silver and 0 mentions for MAG Silver. Americas Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat MAG Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that Americas Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Americas Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. MAG Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Americas Silver pays out -48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MAG Silver pays out 38.4% 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. Americas Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Americas Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.77%. MAG Silver has a consensus price target of C$27.19, suggesting a potential downside of 20.93%. Given Americas Silver's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Americas Silver is more favorable than MAG Silver.
Americas Silver has a beta of 1.4501, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MAG Silver has a beta of 1.116264, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
16.7% of Americas Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of MAG Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Americas Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of MAG Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MAG Silver has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Americas Silver. Americas 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 Americas Silver on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding USA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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:USA) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
