AG vs. AGI, PAAS, HMY, BTG, OR, IAG, EGO, SBSW, SAND, and FSM
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), B2Gold (BTG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IAG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
First Majestic Silver vs.
First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) and Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 7 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Alamos Gold and 6 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Alamos Gold's score of 0.78 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Majestic Silver currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.39%. Alamos Gold has a consensus target price of $26.06, suggesting a potential downside of 1.35%. Given First Majestic Silver's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Alamos Gold.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 21.11% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -18.17%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 10.05% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. First Majestic Silver pays out -5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamos Gold pays out 14.5% 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 a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamos Gold has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Majestic Silver received 26 more outperform votes than Alamos Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.62% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote.
27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats First Majestic Silver on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AG) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
