Taseko Mines (TGB) Competitors

Taseko Mines (NYSE:TGB) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is TGB or AG more profitable?

Taseko Mines has a net margin of 12.69% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -14.89%. Taseko Mines' return on equity of 15.25% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taseko Mines	12.69%	15.25%	3.79%
First Majestic Silver	-14.89%	-4.19%	-2.89%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TGB or AG?

17.9% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Taseko Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company 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.

Do analysts prefer TGB or AG?

Taseko Mines presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 72.84%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.77%. Given Taseko Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Taseko Mines is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taseko Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TGB or AG?

First Majestic Silver received 434 more outperform votes than Taseko Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.78% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Taseko Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taseko Mines	Outperform Votes 4 40.00%	Underperform Votes 6 60.00%
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes 438 61.78%	Underperform Votes 271 38.22%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TGB or AG?

Taseko Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taseko Mines, 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
Taseko Mines	$388.86M	1.59	$61.28M	$0.19	10.66
First Majestic Silver	$527.97M	3.36	-$135.11M	-$0.27	-21.74

Does the media favor TGB or AG?

In the previous week, Taseko Mines had 11 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Taseko Mines and 2 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Taseko Mines' score of -0.25 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
Taseko Mines	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Majestic Silver	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, TGB or AG?

Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Taseko Mines beats First Majestic Silver on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.