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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend TGB or AG?

Taseko Mines presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 77.66%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.30%. Given Taseko Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
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 435 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 42.86% of users gave Taseko Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taseko Mines	Outperform Votes 3 42.86%	Underperform Votes 4 57.14%
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes 438 61.78%	Underperform Votes 271 38.22%

Which has better 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	1.52	$61.28M	$0.19	10.37
First Majestic Silver	$573.80M	3.33	-$135.11M	-$0.27	-23.48

Does the media favor TGB or AG?

In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 6 more articles in the media than Taseko Mines. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 4 mentions for Taseko Mines. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Taseko Mines' score of 0.96 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Majestic Silver	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, TGB or AG?

Taseko Mines has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Taseko Mines beats First Majestic Silver on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.