MAG vs. AYA, FR, SVM, CFP, KNT, SEA, OLA, CG, IE, and TXG
Should you be buying MAG Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MAG Silver include Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), First Majestic Silver (FR), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Canfor (CFP), K92 Mining (KNT), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Orla Mining (OLA), Centerra Gold (CG), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), and Torex Gold Resources (TXG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
MAG Silver (TSE:MAG) and Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
MAG Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aya Gold & Silver. MAG 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.
56.9% of MAG Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of Aya Gold & Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of MAG 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, MAG Silver had 1 more articles in the media than Aya Gold & Silver. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MAG Silver and 2 mentions for Aya Gold & Silver. Aya Gold & Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat MAG Silver's score of 0.58 indicating that Aya Gold & Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MAG Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$19.81, suggesting a potential upside of 14.75%. Aya Gold & Silver has a consensus price target of C$16.87, suggesting a potential upside of 19.62%. Given Aya Gold & Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aya Gold & Silver is more favorable than MAG Silver.
MAG Silver has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aya Gold & Silver has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MAG Silver received 183 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 56.07% of users gave MAG Silver an outperform vote.
Aya Gold & Silver has a net margin of 12.85% compared to MAG Silver's net margin of 0.00%. MAG Silver's return on equity of 10.71% beat Aya Gold & Silver's return on equity.
Summary
Aya Gold & Silver beats MAG Silver on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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