First Majestic Silver (AG) Competitors

First Majestic Silver (TSE:AG) and Alamos Gold (TSE:AGI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts rate AG or AGI?

First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$7.25, suggesting a potential downside of 20.77%. Alamos Gold has a consensus price target of C$25.80, suggesting a potential downside of 1.45%. Given Alamos Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alamos Gold 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Alamos Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk & volatility, AG or AGI?

First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AG or AGI?

Alamos Gold received 599 more outperform votes than First Majestic Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.88% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%
Alamos Gold	Outperform Votes 599 61.88%	Underperform Votes 369 38.12%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AG or AGI?

Alamos Gold has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, 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	C$512.34M	5.39	-C$78.73M	-C$0.36	-25.42
Alamos Gold	C$1.12B	9.81	C$198.70M	C$0.68	38.50

Is AG or AGI more profitable?

Alamos Gold has a net margin of 17.72% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -15.37%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 6.72% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Majestic Silver	-15.37%	-5.73%	-1.24%
Alamos Gold	17.72%	6.72%	5.85%

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

37.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Alamos Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AG or AGI?

In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 2 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alamos Gold and 1 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Alamos Gold's score of -0.26 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alamos Gold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AG or AGI a better dividend stock?

First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. First Majestic Silver pays out -5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamos Gold pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Alamos Gold beats First Majestic Silver on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.