AG vs. CDE, IAG, SAND, FSM, CGAU, SA, EGO, OR, EXK, and TGB
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include Coeur Mining (CDE), IAMGOLD (IAG), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Endeavour Silver (EXK), and Taseko Mines (TGB). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) and Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coeur Mining received 58 more outperform votes than First Majestic Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.74% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote.
Coeur Mining has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coeur Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus target price of $15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 98.36%. Coeur Mining has a consensus target price of $4.36, suggesting a potential downside of 25.81%. Given First Majestic Silver's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
First Majestic Silver has a net margin of -9.18% compared to Coeur Mining's net margin of -12.77%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of -3.28% beat Coeur Mining's return on equity.
In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 5 more articles in the media than Coeur Mining. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 6 mentions for Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.39 indicating that Coeur Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Coeur Mining beats First Majestic Silver on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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