First Majestic Silver (AG) Competitors

First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) and Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AG or CDE?

Coeur Mining received 61 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 60.41% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes 438 61.78%	Underperform Votes 271 38.22%
Coeur Mining	Outperform Votes 499 60.41%	Underperform Votes 327 39.59%

Is AG or CDE more profitable?

Coeur Mining has a net margin of -0.44% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -14.89%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 1.78% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Majestic Silver	-14.89%	-4.19%	-2.89%
Coeur Mining	-0.44%	1.78%	0.86%

Which has more risk and volatility, AG or CDE?

First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer AG or CDE?

First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.59%. Coeur Mining has a consensus target price of $7.81, suggesting a potential upside of 19.64%. 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
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Coeur Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AG or CDE?

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
First Majestic Silver	$527.97M	3.74	-$135.11M	-$0.27	-24.24
Coeur Mining	$1.01B	2.58	-$103.61M	-$0.03	-217.67

Does the media favor AG or CDE?

In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 10 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Coeur Mining and 2 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.54 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Majestic Silver	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coeur Mining	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AG or CDE?

27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Coeur Mining 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.

Summary

Coeur Mining beats First Majestic Silver on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.