First Majestic Silver (AG) Competitors

Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) 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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, CDE or AG?

Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CDE or AG?

Coeur Mining currently has a consensus target price of $7.81, suggesting a potential upside of 27.14%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.38%. Given Coeur Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Coeur Mining is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coeur Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to CDE or AG?

In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 5 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Coeur Mining and 3 mentions for First Majestic Silver. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat First Majestic Silver's score of -0.47 indicating that Coeur Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coeur Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Majestic Silver	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, CDE or AG?

Coeur Mining has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. Coeur Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Majestic 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
Coeur Mining	$821.21M	2.99	-$103.61M	-$0.21	-29.26
First Majestic Silver	$573.80M	3.78	-$135.11M	-$0.27	-26.61

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CDE or AG?

Coeur Mining received 59 more outperform votes than First Majestic Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.78% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 60.39% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coeur Mining	Outperform Votes 497 60.39%	Underperform Votes 326 39.61%
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes 438 61.78%	Underperform Votes 271 38.22%

Is CDE or AG more profitable?

Coeur Mining has a net margin of -8.33% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -15.37%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of -4.39% beat Coeur Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coeur Mining	-8.33%	-4.59%	-2.25%
First Majestic Silver	-15.37%	-4.39%	-3.02%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CDE or AG?

63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Coeur Mining beats First Majestic Silver on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.