FR vs. AYA, MAG, SVM, PRU, ERO, EQX, IMG, CEE, CIA, and STLC
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), Ero Copper (ERO), Equinox Gold (EQX), IAMGOLD (IMG), Centamin (CEE), Champion Iron (CIA), and Stelco (STLC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
First Majestic Silver (TSE:FR) and Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
36.0% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Aya Gold & Silver has a net margin of 12.85% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -23.55%. Aya Gold & Silver's return on equity of 3.00% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
First Majestic Silver received 341 more outperform votes than Aya Gold & Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.71% of users gave Aya Gold & Silver an outperform vote while only 55.23% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote.
First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$7.33, suggesting a potential downside of 23.61%. Aya Gold & Silver has a consensus price target of C$16.87, suggesting a potential upside of 20.91%. Given Aya Gold & Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aya Gold & Silver is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.
Aya Gold & Silver has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aya Gold & Silver has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Aya Gold & Silver had 20 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Aya Gold & Silver and 1 mentions for First Majestic Silver. Aya Gold & Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that Aya Gold & Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Aya Gold & Silver beats First Majestic Silver on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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