First Majestic Silver (AG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, YRI or AG?

Yamana Gold has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YRI or AG?

Yamana Gold received 348 more outperform votes than First Majestic Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.79% of users gave Yamana Gold an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yamana Gold	Outperform Votes 348 51.79%	Underperform Votes 324 48.21%
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in YRI or AG?

63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Yamana Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is YRI or AG more profitable?

First Majestic Silver has a net margin of -15.37% compared to Yamana Gold's net margin of -54.36%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of -5.73% beat Yamana Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yamana Gold	-54.36%	-31.37%	-13.38%
First Majestic Silver	-15.37%	-5.73%	-1.24%

Is YRI or AG a better dividend stock?

Yamana Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.55 per share. First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Yamana Gold pays out -39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Majestic Silver pays out -5.6% 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.

Does the media prefer YRI or AG?

In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 7 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Yamana Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Yamana Gold	Neutral
First Majestic Silver	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, YRI or AG?

First Majestic Silver has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Yamana Gold. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yamana 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
Yamana Gold	C$1.81B	0.00	-C$982.30M	-C$1.38	N/A
First Majestic Silver	C$512.34M	4.85	-C$78.73M	-C$0.36	-22.86

Summary

First Majestic Silver beats Yamana Gold on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.