AG vs. HMY, OR, BTG, EGO, IAG, SBSW, SAND, SILV, FSM, and CGAU
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), IAMGOLD (IAG), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), and Centerra Gold (CGAU). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
First Majestic Silver vs.
Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.
First Majestic Silver received 138 more outperform votes than Harmony Gold Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 46.02% of users gave Harmony Gold Mining an outperform vote.
Harmony Gold Mining has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 17 more articles in the media than Harmony Gold Mining. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 0 mentions for Harmony Gold Mining. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Harmony Gold Mining's score of -0.55 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
31.8% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Harmony Gold 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Harmony Gold Mining has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver.
Harmony Gold Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. First Majestic Silver pays out -7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Harmony Gold Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -14.89%. Harmony Gold Mining's return on equity of 0.00% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
Harmony Gold Mining presently has a consensus target price of $8.40, suggesting a potential downside of 14.06%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.67%. Given First Majestic Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Harmony Gold Mining.
Summary
Harmony Gold Mining and First Majestic Silver tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AG) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
