Q1 EPS Estimate for Pan American Silver Boosted by Analyst

Key Points

• Scotiabank analyst O. Habib raised their Q1 2026 EPS estimate for Pan American Silver to $0.94 (from $0.53), maintained an Outperform rating and a $64 price target, and published multi-quarter and FY2026 EPS forecasts (FY2026: $2.87).
• Market sentiment remains a Moderate Buy (five Buys, three Holds) with an average target of $56.60; the company recently beat quarterly EPS ($1.11 vs. $0.90 est.) and raised its quarterly dividend to $0.18 (annualized $0.72, ~1.3% yield).

Pan American Silver Corp. (NYSE:PAAS - Free Report) TSE: PAAS - Scotiabank increased their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Pan American Silver in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, April 21st. Scotiabank analyst O. Habib now expects that the basic materials company will earn $0.94 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.53. Scotiabank has a "Outperform" rating and a $64.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Pan American Silver's current full-year earnings is $4.41 per share. Scotiabank also issued estimates for Pan American Silver's Q2 2026 earnings at $0.64 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.67 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.87 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $2.18 EPS, Q1 2028 earnings at $0.57 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $2.28 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $2.17 EPS.

PAAS has been the topic of several other reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a "buy (b)" rating on shares of Pan American Silver in a report on Monday, December 29th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Pan American Silver from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, April 18th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on Pan American Silver from $58.00 to $54.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce set a $88.00 target price on Pan American Silver and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded Pan American Silver from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pan American Silver currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $56.60.

Pan American Silver Trading Up 0.1%

Pan American Silver stock opened at $56.07 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 2.69, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $57.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $50.99. Pan American Silver has a 12 month low of $22.08 and a 12 month high of $69.99. The company has a market capitalization of $23.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 0.75.

Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS - Get Free Report) TSE: PAAS last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.21. Pan American Silver had a return on equity of 16.38% and a net margin of 27.07%.The company had revenue of $1.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.11 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.35 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 44.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Pan American Silver Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.18 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This is an increase from Pan American Silver's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Pan American Silver's dividend payout ratio is currently 28.80%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Keybank National Association OH bought a new position in shares of Pan American Silver during the first quarter valued at $231,000. USS Investment Management Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Pan American Silver by 2.9% during the first quarter. USS Investment Management Ltd now owns 110,006 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $6,006,000 after purchasing an additional 3,085 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC bought a new position in shares of Pan American Silver during the first quarter valued at $44,000. MQS Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Pan American Silver during the first quarter valued at $337,000. Finally, Grand Central Investment Group lifted its holdings in shares of Pan American Silver by 0.5% during the first quarter. Grand Central Investment Group now owns 44,801 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $2,447,000 after purchasing an additional 211 shares in the last quarter. 55.43% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Pan American Silver Company Profile

Pan American Silver Corp. NYSE: PAAS is a Vancouver-based mining company and one of the world’s largest primary silver producers. The company’s core activities encompass the exploration, development, extraction and processing of silver, with significant by-product production of gold, zinc and lead. Pan American Silver maintains a vertically integrated operating model, covering the full mining value chain from resource discovery through to refined metal production.

With a geographic footprint concentrated across the Americas, Pan American Silver operates multiple mines in Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia, and is advancing several development and exploration projects in Chile and Ecuador.

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