Americas Silver (USA) Competitors

First Majestic Silver (TSE:AG) and Americas Silver (TSE:USA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AG or USA?

Americas Silver has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Americas 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	6.71	-C$92.07M	-C$0.39	-31.99
Americas Silver	C$161.72M	9.23	-C$72.12M	-C$0.24	-14.65

Is AG or USA more profitable?

First Majestic Silver has a net margin of -14.81% compared to Americas Silver's net margin of -44.59%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of -5.74% beat Americas Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Majestic Silver	-14.81%	-5.74%	-1.24%
Americas Silver	-44.59%	-95.25%	-9.31%

Does the media favor AG or USA?

In the previous week, Americas Silver had 5 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Americas Silver and 0 mentions for First Majestic Silver. Americas Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that Americas Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Majestic Silver	Neutral
Americas Silver	Neutral

Do analysts recommend AG or USA?

First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$22.17, suggesting a potential upside of 79.63%. Americas Silver has a consensus price target of C$5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.85%. Given First Majestic Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Americas Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Americas Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

37.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of Americas Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Americas Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AG or USA?

First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Americas Silver has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AG or USA a better dividend stock?

First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Americas Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. First Majestic Silver pays out -5.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Americas Silver pays out -70.2% 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.

Summary

First Majestic Silver and Americas Silver tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.