AG vs NEM vs SVM Stock Comparison

First Majestic Silver, Newmont and Silvercorp Metals Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NEM NEWMONT Corp /DE/
$110.38 -9.1% 1M +32.4% 1Y
Market cap
$118.17B
P/E
12.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.61B
Div. yield
0.01%
Gold Basic Materials
7 wins
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc
$8.22 -27.4% 1M +28.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.89B
P/E
22.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$495.47M
Div. yield
–
Silver Basic Materials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Newmont leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Newmont 7, Silvercorp Metals 3, First Majestic Silver 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAGNEMSVMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.50B $118.17B $1.89B NEM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.6x 12.8x 22.0x NEM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.3x 11.5x 11.4x SVM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +98.5% +23.7% +60.8% AG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.2% 34.7% 17.3% NEM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.0% 8.6% 11.7% AG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x -0.5x -1.9x SVM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% NEM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.7% +32.4% +28.4% NEM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.4%/yr +13.9%/yr +13.4%/yr NEM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 73.7% 48.0% 70.6% NEM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 76/100 71/100 76/100 SVM

Percentile Scorecard

AGNEMSVM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAGNEMSVM
Valuation 75 #41 of 162 72 #46 of 162 83 #28 of 162
Growth 99 #2 of 147 83 #26 of 147 87 #20 of 147
Profitability 84 #20 of 122 84 #21 of 122 82 #23 of 122
Financial Health 69 #52 of 165 54 #77 of 165 84 #28 of 165
Shareholder Returns 50 #54 of 107 65 #38 of 107 44 #60 of 107
Overall 76 71 76
  • AG ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • NEM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • SVM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAGNEMSVMSPY
1 month -21.9%-9.1%-27.4% -0.8%
3 months -8.4%+18.1%-15.6% +3.5%
6 months -27.5%-4.9%-34.2% +7.0%
Year to date -10.9%+10.5%-1.4% +12.2%
1 year +15.7%+32.4%+28.4% +13.0%
3 years +171.0%+183.2%+257.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +39.4%+41.5%+52.9% +23.1%
5 years +12.5%+91.8%+87.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.4%+13.9%+13.4% +11.0%
10 years +85.9%+205.1%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.4%+11.8%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAGNEMSVMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 73.7%48.0%70.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 74.3%51.3%73.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.811.792.61 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.210.670.40 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.5%-65.0%-56.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -53.6%-18.3%-47.7% -1.8%
52-week high $32.01$135.14$15.71 $779.14
52-week low $10.67$78.63$6.09 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAGNEMSVM
P/E now vs peer median 20.5xmedian 12.8x 12.5xmedian 12.8x 21.0xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 3.1x 4.3xmedian 3.1x 3.7xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 7.0x 13.6xmedian 7.0x 7.0xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 15.2x 11.4xmedian 15.2x 5.9xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 2.1x 3.2xmedian 2.1x 1.5xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.42median 0.29 0.10median 0.29 0.46median 0.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAGNEMSVM
Revenue $1.64B $26.61B $495.47M
Gross profit $827.10M $18.41B $302.64M
Operating income $756.62M $5.60B $165.81M
Net income $421.54M $9.44B $69.58M
Free cash flow $617.41M $10.07B $309.98M
R&D – $193.00M –
EPS (diluted) $0.72 $8.79 $0.39
Cash & equivalents $1.09B $8.83B $386.76M
Total debt $1.03B $5.09B $118.10M
Shares (diluted) 484.56M 1.05B 219.43M
Enterprise value $3.56B $83.31B $235.81M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAGNEMSVM
P/E 20.5x 12.5x 21.0x
P/FCF 11.8x 11.4x 5.9x
P/Operating cash flow 8.8x 8.8x 5.6x
P/S 4.4x 4.3x 3.7x
P/B 2.2x 3.2x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 3.2x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 6.4x 13.6x 7.0x
EV/EBIT 8.4x 19.8x 8.6x
EV/Revenue 3.9x 4.2x 2.9x
EV/FCF 10.3x 11.0x 4.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.7x 8.5x 4.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.42 0.10 0.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAGNEMSVM
Revenue growth (1Y) 98.5% 23.7% 60.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 39.0% 34.0% 31.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 335.5% 41.0% 146.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 283.4% 55.7% 58.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 622.0% 298.7% 44.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 78.9% 45.7% 72.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 517.9% 30.4% -7.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 98.2% 136.8% 50.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 294.7% 34.6% 1.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 48.3% 119.7% 45.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 207.8% 42.0% 120.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 131.1% 60.7% 53.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 232.3% 64.6% 298.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 80.3% 136.1% 189.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAGNEMSVM
Gross margin 50.4% 69.2% 61.1%
EBITDA margin 60.3% 30.6% 40.9%
Operating margin 46.1% 21.0% 33.5%
Pretax margin 46.5% 52.8% 57.4%
Net margin 21.2% 34.7% 17.3%
FCF margin 37.6% 37.9% 62.6%
Operating cash flow margin 50.3% 49.2% 65.4%
Return on equity 12.2% 26.5% 5.7%
Return on assets 8.4% 16.3% 4.4%
Return on invested capital 12.0% 8.6% 11.7%
Return on capital employed 17.5% 10.7% 12.0%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.5x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x 1.4x 4.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAGNEMSVM
Debt / assets 6.1% 8.7% 0.0%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.1x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x -0.5x -1.9x
Debt / FCF 0.5x 0.5x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 31.7% 38.4% 23.2%
Equity / assets 68.3% 61.6% 76.8%
Interest coverage 34.3x – 11.9x
Current ratio 2.6x 2.5x 3.5x
Quick ratio 2.3x 1.9x 3.4x
Cash ratio 2.2x 1.6x 3.3x
Altman Z-score 3.75 4.18 4.25

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAGNEMSVM
Dividend yield 0.4% 0.9% 0.2%
Net buyback yield -1.0% 4.9% -0.3%
Shareholder yield -0.6% 5.9% -0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 0.5% 11.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 0.4% 10.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -20.6% -1.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -32.9% -7.4% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAGNEMSVM
Forward P/E 18.3xFY2026 11.5xFY2026 11.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.81FY2026 $9.57FY2026 $0.72FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +76.1%FY2026 +38.9%FY2026 +4.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.3% +10.1% +80.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.58BFY2026 $24.82BFY2026 $479.44MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.6%FY2026 +9.5%FY2026 +9.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.3% +20.0% +74.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAGNEMSVM
Held by institutions 47.0% 77.2% 55.0%
Institutions holding 347 1,786 185
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.4% +1.5% +2.1%
Institutions buying 193 841 92
Institutions selling 104 719 64
Buyers to sellers 1.86 1.17 1.44

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AGNEMSVM
AG 1.00 0.79 0.89
NEM 0.79 1.00 0.81
SVM 0.89 0.81 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AG, NEM and SVM?

Newmont (NEM) is the largest by market capitalisation: First Majestic Silver (AG) $7.50B, Newmont (NEM) $118.17B, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) $1.89B.

Which stock is cheaper, AG, NEM and SVM?

Newmont (NEM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (First Majestic Silver (AG) 21.6x, Newmont (NEM) 12.8x, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 22.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) is cheapest (First Majestic Silver (AG) 18.3x, Newmont (NEM) 11.5x, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 11.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

First Majestic Silver (AG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: First Majestic Silver (AG) +98.5%, Newmont (NEM) +23.7%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) +60.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Newmont (NEM) has the highest net margin (First Majestic Silver (AG) 21.2%, Newmont (NEM) 34.7%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 17.3%). On return on invested capital, First Majestic Silver (AG) leads (First Majestic Silver (AG) 12.0%, Newmont (NEM) 8.6%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 11.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Newmont (NEM) returned the most: First Majestic Silver (AG) +15.7%, Newmont (NEM) +32.4%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) +28.4%. Over five years, Newmont (NEM) compounded fastest (First Majestic Silver (AG) +2.4%/yr, Newmont (NEM) +13.9%/yr, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) +13.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Newmont (NEM) has the highest dividend yield: First Majestic Silver (AG) 0.00%, Newmont (NEM) 0.01%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 0.00%. Silvercorp Metals (SVM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Newmont (NEM) has been the steadiest (First Majestic Silver (AG) 73.7%, Newmont (NEM) 48.0%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 70.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AG, NEM and SVM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Newmont (NEM) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.