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

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), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), and MAG Silver (MAG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Pan American Silver vs. Its Competitors

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

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

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 26.48% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of 10.45%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 12.09% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pan American Silver10.45% 9.25% 6.08%
Agnico Eagle Mines 26.48%12.09%8.38%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pan American Silver$2.82B3.73$111.50M$0.8733.43
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B7.30$1.90B$4.7025.56

Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Pan American Silver pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% 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.

Pan American Silver has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 25 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 6 mentions for Pan American Silver. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.92 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Pan American Silver presently has a consensus price target of $30.60, indicating a potential upside of 5.21%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of $130.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Pan American Silver.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pan American Silver
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.15

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Pan American Silver on 15 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PAAS vs. The Competition

MetricPan American SilverMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.42B$5.33B$3.27B$20.55B
Dividend Yield1.39%1.12%5.16%3.75%
P/E Ratio33.4320.2994.4328.05
Price / Sales3.736.9825,844,173,692,363,800.0045.87
Price / Cash12.1719.3623.8622.31
Price / Book2.242.505.904.59
Net Income$111.50M$91.54M$147.76M$985.44M
7 Day Performance4.97%4.20%2.13%2.78%
1 Month Performance9.26%8.38%5.46%5.40%
1 Year Performance39.03%52.67%25.66%14.61%

Pan American Silver Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.3993 of 5 stars
$29.09
+1.1%
$30.60
+5.2%
+39.1%$10.42B$2.82B33.439,000
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.2974 of 5 stars
$119.02
+2.5%
$130.50
+9.6%
+76.6%$59.91B$8.92B25.3211,800Trending News
Analyst Revision
AG
First Majestic Silver
1.0811 of 5 stars
$8.27
+3.1%
$8.75
+5.8%
+36.6%$4.01B$560.60M-28.523,818
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.2566 of 5 stars
$26.61
+4.0%
$30.38
+14.1%
+68.0%$11.18B$1.35B42.922,400
BTG
B2Gold
1.9748 of 5 stars
$3.61
+2.3%
$4.21
+16.7%
+31.3%$4.77B$1.97B-7.524,690
EXK
Endeavour Silver
2.1969 of 5 stars
$4.92
+2.1%
$6.83
+38.9%
+31.8%$1.42B$217.60M-18.921,120
FSM
Fortuna Mining
0.9911 of 5 stars
$6.55
+3.0%
$7.00
+6.9%
+31.4%$2.01B$1.06B12.842,327
HL
Hecla Mining
3.8113 of 5 stars
$6.00
+2.7%
$7.10
+18.3%
+16.9%$3.80B$929.92M54.551,830Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.2334 of 5 stars
$89.91
+3.0%
$92.75
+3.2%
+66.1%$40.81B$1.46B66.1140Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
3.3293 of 5 stars
$4.22
+3.7%
$5.68
+34.5%
N/A$919.96M$298.89M14.071,190News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MAG
MAG Silver
N/A$20.93
+42.7%
N/A+75.9%$2.18BN/A23.5410

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