AG vs. IAG, AGI, 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 iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), 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.
iA Financial (TSE:IAG) and First Majestic Silver (TSE:AG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
iA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, iA Financial had 5 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for iA Financial and 0 mentions for First Majestic Silver. iA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that iA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
iA Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. iA Financial pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Majestic Silver pays out -5.2% 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.
iA Financial received 315 more outperform votes than First Majestic Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.16% of users gave iA Financial an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote.
iA Financial presently has a consensus target price of C$140.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.74%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of C$7.25, suggesting a potential downside of 24.95%. Given iA Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe iA Financial is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
48.0% of iA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of iA Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of First Majestic Silver 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.
iA Financial has a net margin of 6.85% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -14.81%. iA Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
iA Financial has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
iA Financial beats First Majestic Silver on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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