Aris Mining (ARMN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARMN or AG?

First Majestic Silver received 440 more outperform votes than Aris Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.45% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Aris Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aris Mining	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes 440 61.45%	Underperform Votes 276 38.55%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ARMN or AG?

Aris Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aris Mining, 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
Aris Mining	$510.60M	1.83	$11.42M	$0.04	136.00
First Majestic Silver	$563.63M	5.60	-$101.89M	-$0.35	-18.61

Do analysts rate ARMN or AG?

First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.47%. Given First Majestic Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Aris Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aris Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is ARMN or AG more profitable?

Aris Mining has a net margin of -0.66% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -18.17%. Aris Mining's return on equity of 4.97% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aris Mining	-0.66%	4.97%	2.70%
First Majestic Silver	-18.17%	-3.07%	-2.11%

Does the media prefer ARMN or AG?

In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 3 more articles in the media than Aris Mining. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 13 mentions for Aris Mining. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Aris Mining's score of 0.85 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aris Mining	5 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ARMN or AG?

35.8% of Aris Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, ARMN or AG?

Aris Mining has a beta of -0.46, meaning that its stock price is 146% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Majestic Silver beats Aris Mining on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.