AG vs. CDE, IAG, SAND, FSM, CGAU, SA, OR, EGO, NFGC, and GATO
Should you be buying First Majestic Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Majestic Silver include Coeur Mining (CDE), IAMGOLD (IAG), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Eldorado Gold (EGO), New Found Gold (NFGC), and Gatos Silver (GATO). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Coeur Mining received 58 more outperform votes than First Majestic Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.68% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 60.39% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote.
Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coeur Mining has a net margin of -12.62% compared to Coeur Mining's net margin of -23.55%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of -1.85% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
Coeur Mining currently has a consensus target price of $4.21, indicating a potential downside of 14.85%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 123.72%. Given Coeur Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
Coeur Mining has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. Coeur Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Majestic Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 10 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Coeur Mining and 5 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.42 indicating that Coeur Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Coeur Mining beats First Majestic Silver on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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