Pan American Silver (PAAS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PAAS or FNV a better dividend stock?

Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pan American Silver pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada pays out 47.5% 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Franco-Nevada has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Pan American Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PAAS or FNV?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pan American Silver	$2.99B	2.92	-$103.70M	$0.87	27.72
Franco-Nevada	$1.23B	26.05	-$466.40M	$3.20	51.79

Does the media refer more to PAAS or FNV?

In the previous week, Pan American Silver and Pan American Silver both had 13 articles in the media. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Pan American Silver's score of 1.07 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pan American Silver	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Franco-Nevada	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver presently has a consensus target price of $30.60, suggesting a potential upside of 26.89%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus target price of $162.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.81%. Given Pan American Silver's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Franco-Nevada.

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
Franco-Nevada	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PAAS or FNV?

55.4% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver received 91 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.96% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 55.25% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 507 55.96%	Underperform Votes 399 44.04%
Franco-Nevada	Outperform Votes 416 55.25%	Underperform Votes 337 44.75%

Is PAAS or FNV more profitable?

Pan American Silver has a net margin of 3.98% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -55.28%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.55% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pan American Silver	3.98%	6.14%	4.03%
Franco-Nevada	-55.28%	10.55%	10.09%

Summary

Pan American Silver beats Franco-Nevada on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.