First Majestic Silver (AG) Competitors

First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) and SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Is AG or SSRM more profitable?

First Majestic Silver has a net margin of -9.18% compared to SSR Mining's net margin of -30.90%. SSR Mining's return on equity of 6.37% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Majestic Silver	-9.18%	-3.28%	-2.25%
SSR Mining	-30.90%	6.37%	5.02%

Do analysts prefer AG or SSRM?

First Majestic Silver currently has a consensus price target of $12.67, suggesting a potential upside of 66.56%. SSR Mining has a consensus price target of $6.63, suggesting a potential upside of 23.60%. Given First Majestic Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than SSR Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
SSR Mining	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AG or SSRM?

SSR Mining has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSR Mining, 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	$573.80M	3.81	-$135.11M	-$0.16	-47.53
SSR Mining	$1.43B	0.76	-$98.01M	-$2.07	-2.59

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AG or SSRM?

27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of SSR Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of SSR Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AG or SSRM?

First Majestic Silver received 45 more outperform votes than SSR Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.65% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 52.85% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes 434 61.65%	Underperform Votes 270 38.35%
SSR Mining	Outperform Votes 389 52.85%	Underperform Votes 347 47.15%

Is AG or SSRM a better dividend stock?

First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. SSR Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. First Majestic Silver pays out -6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SSR Mining pays out -10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SSR Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, AG or SSRM?

First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSR Mining has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AG or SSRM?

In the previous week, SSR Mining had 5 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SSR Mining and 7 mentions for First Majestic Silver. SSR Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.32 indicating that SSR Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Majestic Silver	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SSR Mining	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

First Majestic Silver and SSR Mining tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.