MAG vs. AYA, SVM, FR, CFP, SEA, KNT, TXG, NGD, SIL, and CXB
Should you be buying MAG Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MAG Silver include Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), First Majestic Silver (FR), Canfor (CFP), Seabridge Gold (SEA), K92 Mining (KNT), Torex Gold Resources (TXG), New Gold (NGD), SilverCrest Metals (SIL), and Calibre Mining (CXB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
MAG Silver (TSE:MAG) and Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, MAG Silver had 13 more articles in the media than Aya Gold & Silver. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for MAG Silver and 19 mentions for Aya Gold & Silver. MAG Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Aya Gold & Silver's score of 0.55 indicating that MAG Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
56.9% of MAG Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of MAG Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MAG Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aya Gold & Silver. MAG Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aya Gold & Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aya Gold & Silver has a net margin of 12.85% compared to MAG Silver's net margin of 0.00%. MAG Silver's return on equity of 10.71% beat Aya Gold & Silver's return on equity.
MAG Silver has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aya Gold & Silver has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MAG Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$20.17, suggesting a potential upside of 5.42%. Aya Gold & Silver has a consensus price target of C$16.92, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. Given Aya Gold & Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aya Gold & Silver is more favorable than MAG Silver.
MAG Silver received 183 more outperform votes than Aya Gold & Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.40% of users gave Aya Gold & Silver an outperform vote while only 55.90% of users gave MAG Silver an outperform vote.
Summary
Aya Gold & Silver beats MAG Silver on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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