Financial Comparison: First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) vs. REalloys (NASDAQ:ALOY)

REalloys (NASDAQ:ALOY) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Volatility and Risk

REalloys has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for REalloys and First Majestic Silver, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
REalloys	1	0	1	1	2.67
First Majestic Silver	0	3	4	0	2.57

REalloys presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 121.30%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.02%. Given REalloys’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe REalloys is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.6% of REalloys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of REalloys shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares REalloys and First Majestic Silver’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
REalloys	-5,145.12%	-192.93%	-163.20%
First Majestic Silver	21.18%	13.36%	9.20%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares REalloys and First Majestic Silver”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
REalloys	$2.43 million	206.55	-$4.43 million	($3.16)	-2.29
First Majestic Silver	$1.65 billion	4.78	$164.92 million	$0.71	22.53

First Majestic Silver has higher revenue and earnings than REalloys. REalloys 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.

Summary

First Majestic Silver beats REalloys on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About REalloys

REalloys Inc. operates as a rare earth metals and permanent magnet company in North America. The company produces rare earth metals, such as neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, terbium, samarium, gadolinium, yttrium, and scandium; and magnets, such as NdFeB Magnets, SmFe12 Magnets, and MnBi Magnets. The company was founded in 2024 and is headquartered in Euclid, Ohio.

About First Majestic Silver

First Majestic Silver Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of mineral properties with a focus on silver and gold production in North America. Its projects include the San Dimas mine covering an area of approximately 71,867 hectares located in Durango State, Mexico; the Santa Elena that covers an area of approximately 102,244 hectares located in Sonora State, México; and the La Encantada covering an area of approximately 4,076 hectares located in Coahuila State, México. The company was formerly known as First Majestic Resource Corp. and changed its name to First Majestic Silver Corp. in November 2006. First Majestic Silver Corp. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.