AG vs. AGI, IAG, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, EQX, NVA, SKE, and NG
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include Alamos Gold (AGI), iA Financial (IAG), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), Equinox Gold (EQX), NuVista Energy (NVA), Skeena Resources (SKE), and NovaGold Resources (NG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
First Majestic Silver vs.
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 businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
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.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 19.89% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -14.81%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 7.84% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
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 0.3%. First Majestic Silver pays out -5.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamos Gold pays out 16.7% 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.
First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus target price of C$7.25, suggesting a potential downside of 19.80%. Alamos Gold has a consensus target price of C$41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.15%. Given Alamos Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
37.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 4 more articles in the media than Alamos Gold. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 5 mentions for Alamos Gold. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.33 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Alamos Gold received 606 more outperform votes than First Majestic Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.90% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote.
Summary
Alamos Gold beats First Majestic Silver on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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