AG vs. SSRM, AUY, PAAS, AGI, HMY, BTG, SBSW, EGO, OR, and CDE
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include SSR Mining (SSRM), Yamana Gold (AUY), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), B2Gold (BTG), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and Coeur Mining (CDE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
First Majestic Silver received 45 more outperform votes than SSR Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.65% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 52.85% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote.
SSR Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. SSR Mining pays out -10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Majestic Silver pays out -6.3% 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. First Majestic Silver has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. SSR Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, SSR Mining had 1 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SSR Mining and 2 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat SSR Mining's score of 0.35 indicating that SSR Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.3% of SSR Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of SSR Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SSR Mining has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSR Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SSR Mining has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SSR Mining currently has a consensus price target of $6.63, suggesting a potential upside of 24.06%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of $12.67, suggesting a potential upside of 76.91%. Given SSR Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than SSR Mining.
First Majestic Silver has a net margin of -9.18% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -30.90%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of 6.37% beat SSR Mining's return on equity.
Summary
First Majestic Silver beats SSR Mining on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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