FR vs. AYA, MAG, SVM, PRU, IMG, EQX, ERO, CEE, STLC, and CIA
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), MAG Silver (MAG), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Perseus Mining (PRU), IAMGOLD (IMG), Equinox Gold (EQX), Ero Copper (ERO), Centamin (CEE), Stelco (STLC), and Champion Iron (CIA). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) and First Majestic Silver (TSE:FR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
42.3% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Aya Gold & Silver has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Aya Gold & Silver had 15 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Aya Gold & Silver and 4 mentions for First Majestic Silver. Aya Gold & Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.55 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Majestic Silver received 340 more outperform votes than Aya Gold & Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.40% of users gave Aya Gold & Silver an outperform vote while only 55.23% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote.
Aya Gold & Silver presently has a consensus target price of C$16.92, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of C$7.33, suggesting a potential downside of 31.97%. Given First Majestic Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Aya Gold & Silver is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
Aya Gold & Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aya Gold & Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aya Gold & Silver has a net margin of 12.85% compared to Aya Gold & Silver's net margin of -23.55%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of 3.00% beat Aya Gold & Silver's return on equity.
Summary
Aya Gold & Silver beats First Majestic Silver on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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