First Majestic Silver (AG) Climbs 9.6% on Return to Profitability

We recently published 10 Firms Outperform Wall Street With Surprising Gains. First Majestic Silver Corp. (NYSE:AG)was one of the best performers on Thursday.

First Majestic rallied for a second day on Thursday, jumping 9.65 percent to close at $24.78 apiece, as investors cheered its swing to profitability last year, alongside announcements of higher dividends.

In an updated report, First Majestic Silver Corp. (NYSE:AG) said that it incurred a net profit of $211 million in full-year 2025, reversing a $101.9 million net loss in 2024, primarily driven by a $358.1 million increase in mine operating income, a non-cash deferred income tax recovery of $89.1 million, and an impairment reversal of $20.3 million in relation to the sale of the Del Toro Silver Mine.

Total revenues, on the other hand, more-than-doubled to $1.257 billion from $560.6 million in 2024, on the back of a 47 percent jump in average realized silver prices.

In the fourth quarter alone, First Majestic Silver Corp. (NYSE:AG) swung to a net income of $105.2 million, a reversal of the $13.5 million net loss in the same quarter in 2024. Revenues surged by 169 percent to $463.9 million from $172.3 million year-on-year.

Following the strong results, First Majestic Silver Corp. (NYSE:AG) announced the distribution of $0.0083 in dividends for each common share held to all shareholders on record as of February 27, payable on March 16, 2026.

Meanwhile, the dividends will increase to a 2-percent equivalent of its net quarterly revenues, with the first round to be paid in June 2026.

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