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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
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 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.
Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus target price of $130.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.28%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of $30.60, indicating a potential upside of 7.03%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Pan American Silver.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 24 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 5 mentions for Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.03 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pan American Silver pays out 46.0% 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 increased 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.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Pan American Silver on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PAAS) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
