First Majestic Silver (TSE:FR) Stock Passes Above 50-Day Moving Average of $7.51

First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSE:FR) (NYSE:AG) shares crossed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$7.51 and traded as high as C$10.75. First Majestic Silver shares last traded at C$10.31, with a volume of 1,340,723 shares.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FR has been the topic of several recent research reports. Cormark cut their price target on First Majestic Silver from C$8.00 to C$7.00 in a report on Monday, February 26th. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on shares of First Majestic Silver from C$8.00 to C$7.50 in a research note on Monday, February 26th. Finally, TD Securities lowered their price target on shares of First Majestic Silver from C$8.00 to C$7.50 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 18th.

First Majestic Silver Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of C$2.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -15.03, a PEG ratio of 0.14 and a beta of 1.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.89, a current ratio of 2.57 and a quick ratio of 1.19. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of C$7.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$7.41.

First Majestic Silver (TSE:FR) (NYSE:AG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 22nd. The mining company reported C($0.04) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of C($0.05) by C$0.01. The business had revenue of C$186.46 million for the quarter. First Majestic Silver had a negative return on equity of 9.76% and a negative net margin of 23.55%. As a group, analysts anticipate that First Majestic Silver Corp. will post 0.013104 earnings per share for the current year.

First Majestic Silver Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 14th were issued a dividend of $0.006 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 13th. This represents a $0.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.25%. First Majestic Silver’s payout ratio is currently -4.62%.

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.