First Majestic Silver (AG) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, AG or YRI?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AG or YRI?

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

Is AG or YRI a better dividend stock?

First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Yamana Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.55 per share. First Majestic Silver pays out -5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yamana Gold pays out -39.9% 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AG or YRI?

First Majestic Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
First Majestic Silver	C$512.34M	4.62	-C$78.73M	-C$0.36	-21.81
Yamana Gold	C$1.81B	0.00	-C$982.30M	-C$1.38	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AG or YRI?

37.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yamana Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is AG or YRI 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
First Majestic Silver	-15.37%	-5.73%	-1.24%
Yamana Gold	-54.36%	-31.37%	-13.38%

Does the media prefer AG or YRI?

In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 1 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. Yamana Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat First Majestic Silver's score of -0.22 indicating that Yamana Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Majestic Silver	Neutral
Yamana Gold	Neutral

Summary

First Majestic Silver beats Yamana Gold on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.