Movement Alert|First Majestic Silver Falls 5.12% in Regular Trading, Q1 Revenue Misses Expectations as Silver Sector Extends Weakness

Market Focus05-19 22:43

On May 15, First Majestic Silver fell 5.12% in regular trading, trading at $18.91/share, with trading volume of $104 million, extending its post-earnings decline further.

On the news front, the company previously released its Q1 earnings report showing adjusted earnings per share of $0.31, up 520% year-over-year, meeting market expectations. However, revenue came in at $476.7 million — while up 95.4% year-over-year — significantly below the analyst consensus estimate of $522 million, representing a shortfall of approximately 8.7%. Earnings meeting targets while revenue missed expectations has become the direct catalyst for sustained share price pressure since the report was released.

Meanwhile, the broader silver mining sector continued its weakness, with Hecla Mining down 4.69%, Endeavour Silver down 4.79%, Silvercorp Metals down 6.04%, Aya Gold & Silver down 5.78%, and New Pacific Metals down 5.92%, indicating broad-based sector selling that further amplified the stock's decline.

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