Americas Silver (USA) Competitors

Americas Silver (TSE:USA) and MAG Silver (TSE:MAG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation & earnings, USA or MAG?

MAG Silver has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Americas Silver. Americas 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
Americas Silver	C$161.72M	3.36	-C$72.12M	-C$0.24	-5.32
MAG Silver	N/A	N/A	C$52.35M	C$1.03	29.23

Do analysts prefer USA or MAG?

MAG Silver has a consensus target price of C$26.43, indicating a potential downside of 12.15%. Given MAG Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MAG Silver is more favorable than Americas Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americas Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
MAG Silver	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in USA or MAG?

18.6% of Americas Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of MAG Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Americas Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of MAG Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer USA or MAG?

In the previous week, Americas Silver had 5 more articles in the media than MAG Silver. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Americas Silver and 1 mentions for MAG Silver. Americas Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat MAG Silver's score of 0.29 indicating that Americas Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Americas Silver	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MAG Silver	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, USA or MAG?

Americas Silver has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MAG Silver has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is USA or MAG more profitable?

MAG Silver has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Americas Silver's net margin of -44.59%. MAG Silver's return on equity of 13.87% beat Americas Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americas Silver	-44.59%	-95.25%	-9.31%
MAG Silver	N/A	13.87%	-1.86%

Summary

MAG Silver beats Americas Silver on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.