MAG Silver (MAG) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FR or MAG?

First Majestic Silver currently has a consensus price target of C$7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. MAG Silver has a consensus price target of C$24.71, suggesting a potential upside of 12.39%. Given MAG Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MAG Silver is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
MAG Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has better valuation & earnings, FR or MAG?

MAG Silver has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MAG Silver, 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$522.86M	0.00	-C$48.02M	-C$0.22	N/A
MAG Silver	N/A	N/A	C$61.06M	C$0.79	27.84

Which has more volatility and risk, FR or MAG?

First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MAG Silver has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FR or MAG?

First Majestic Silver received 155 more outperform votes than MAG Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.23% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave MAG Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes 375 55.23%	Underperform Votes 304 44.77%
MAG Silver	Outperform Votes 220 55.00%	Underperform Votes 180 45.00%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FR or MAG?

39.4% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of MAG Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of MAG Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FR or MAG more profitable?

MAG Silver has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -9.18%. MAG Silver's return on equity of 11.88% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Majestic Silver	-9.18%	-3.60%	-1.46%
MAG Silver	N/A	11.88%	-1.86%

Does the media prefer FR or MAG?

In the previous week, MAG Silver had 22 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for MAG Silver and 1 mentions for First Majestic Silver. MAG Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat First Majestic Silver's score of -1.00 indicating that MAG Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Majestic Silver	Negative
MAG Silver	Positive

Summary

MAG Silver beats First Majestic Silver on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.