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Pan American Silver (PAAS) Competitors

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PAAS vs. AEM, AG, AGI, BTG, EXK, FSM, HL, KGC, WPM, and SVM

Should you be buying Pan American Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pan American Silver include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), First Majestic Silver (AG), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Fortuna Mining (FSM), Hecla Mining (HL), Kinross Gold (KGC), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Silvercorp Metals (SVM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Pan American Silver vs. Its Competitors

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pan American Silver pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Pan American Silver has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Pan American Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B9.77$1.90B$5.8827.39
Pan American Silver$2.82B5.58$111.50M$1.4525.72

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Pan American Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of $141.40, indicating a potential downside of 12.20%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of $32.20, indicating a potential downside of 13.66%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Pan American Silver.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
Pan American Silver
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 11 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 5 mentions for Pan American Silver. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.78 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pan American Silver
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 30.63% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of 16.80%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 13.79% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines30.63% 13.79% 9.66%
Pan American Silver 16.80%11.49%7.61%

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Pan American Silver on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PAAS vs. The Competition

MetricPan American SilverMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.39B$7.77B$3.64B$21.65B
Dividend Yield1.32%0.83%5.06%3.50%
P/E Ratio25.7221.92160.3830.23
Price / Sales5.589.5217,915.3958.72
Price / Cash15.4225.7224.2518.30
Price / Book2.873.546.734.66
Net Income$111.50M$91.54M$149.17M$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.94%7.85%3.38%1.11%
1 Month Performance14.26%25.22%12.26%2.95%
1 Year Performance78.15%119.30%49.46%15.18%

Pan American Silver Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.4232 of 5 stars
$37.30
+2.3%
$32.20
-13.7%
+74.7%$15.39B$2.82B25.729,000
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.4836 of 5 stars
$153.92
+0.4%
$136.90
-11.1%
+93.7%$77.39B$9.66B26.1816,968Positive News
Gap Up
AG
First Majestic Silver
2.2016 of 5 stars
$10.81
+2.6%
$9.63
-11.0%
+96.0%$5.27B$831.05M-1,079.923,818Gap Up
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.8843 of 5 stars
$33.48
+1.6%
$30.38
-9.3%
+60.1%$14.08B$1.51B40.332,400Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
BTG
B2Gold
1.7473 of 5 stars
$4.39
-2.2%
$4.31
-1.8%
+40.8%$5.81B$2.17B-9.154,690Gap Up
EXK
Endeavour Silver
1.6728 of 5 stars
$6.48
+5.6%
$8.33
+28.7%
+111.2%$1.89B$247.75M-23.981,120Gap Up
FSM
Fortuna Mining
1.8473 of 5 stars
$8.21
-1.6%
$8.00
-2.6%
+73.4%$2.52B$1.19B16.432,327
HL
Hecla Mining
3.6188 of 5 stars
$11.77
+5.0%
$7.36
-37.5%
+65.9%$7.89B$929.92M73.571,830Options Volume
Gap Up
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.3472 of 5 stars
$23.26
-0.1%
$20.07
-13.7%
+153.1%$28.27B$6.07B18.766,800Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.0844 of 5 stars
$107.76
+1.1%
$101.44
-5.9%
+71.8%$48.92B$1.28B62.2940Positive News
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
3.5604 of 5 stars
$5.39
+2.1%
$6.75
+25.2%
N/A$1.18B$298.89M20.731,190Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:PAAS) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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