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
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of $136.90, indicating a potential downside of 1.59%. Pan American Silver has a consensus price target of $31.40, indicating a potential downside of 4.63%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Pan American Silver.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 16 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 18 mentions for Pan American Silver. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Pan American Silver's score of 1.08 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Pan American Silver on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PAAS) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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