Americas Silver (USA) Competitors

Americas Silver (TSE:USA) and MAG Silver (TSE:MAG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has better valuation and earnings, USA or MAG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Americas Silver	C$161.72M	3.36	-C$72.12M	-C$0.24	-5.32
MAG Silver	N/A	N/A	C$52.35M	C$1.03	28.10

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of USA or MAG?

18.6% of Americas Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, USA or MAG?

Americas Silver has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MAG Silver has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor USA or MAG?

In the previous week, Americas Silver had 4 more articles in the media than MAG Silver. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Americas Silver and 0 mentions for MAG Silver. Americas Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat MAG Silver's score of 0.29 indicating that Americas Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Americas Silver	Positive
MAG Silver	Neutral

Do analysts recommend USA or MAG?

MAG Silver has a consensus price target of C$26.43, suggesting a potential downside of 8.60%. Given MAG Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MAG Silver is more favorable than Americas Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americas Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
MAG Silver	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is USA or MAG more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americas Silver	-44.59%	-95.25%	-9.31%
MAG Silver	N/A	13.87%	-1.86%

Summary

MAG Silver beats Americas Silver on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.