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Pan American Silver (PAAS) Competitors

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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

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

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 22 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 3 mentions for Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.99 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Agnico Eagle Mines26.48% 12.09% 8.38%
Pan American Silver 10.45%9.25%6.08%

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

Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of $130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.81%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of $30.60, suggesting a potential upside of 4.26%. 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.15
Pan American Silver
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B7.42$1.90B$4.7026.00
Pan American Silver$2.82B3.77$111.50M$0.8733.74

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PAAS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$10.57B$5.40B$3.29B$20.71B
Dividend Yield1.37%1.11%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio33.7420.5496.4927.80
Price / Sales3.776.8927,181,161,885,836,600.0047.18
Price / Cash12.3519.4823.9218.22
Price / Book2.262.545.994.59
Net Income$111.50M$91.54M$147.60M$982.91M
7 Day Performance3.38%2.76%1.89%0.65%
1 Month Performance2.48%3.23%4.71%4.26%
1 Year Performance36.19%48.89%25.90%13.93%

Pan American Silver Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.4064 of 5 stars
$29.35
+0.5%
$30.60
+4.3%
+36.5%$10.57B$2.82B33.749,000Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.2499 of 5 stars
$119.02
+2.5%
$130.50
+9.6%
+75.0%$59.91B$8.92B25.3211,800
AG
First Majestic Silver
1.0368 of 5 stars
$8.27
+3.1%
$8.75
+5.8%
+35.6%$4.01B$560.60M-28.523,818
AGI
Alamos Gold
2.5805 of 5 stars
$26.61
+4.0%
$30.38
+14.1%
+67.4%$11.18B$1.35B42.922,400News Coverage
Positive News
BTG
B2Gold
2.1183 of 5 stars
$3.61
+2.3%
$4.21
+16.7%
+31.4%$4.77B$1.97B-7.524,690
EXK
Endeavour Silver
2.1331 of 5 stars
$4.92
+2.1%
$6.83
+38.9%
+29.7%$1.42B$217.60M-18.921,120Analyst Upgrade
FSM
Fortuna Mining
1.176 of 5 stars
$6.55
+3.0%
$7.00
+6.9%
+35.3%$2.01B$1.06B12.842,327Positive News
HL
Hecla Mining
3.876 of 5 stars
$6.00
+2.7%
$7.10
+18.3%
+18.0%$3.80B$929.92M54.551,830
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.986 of 5 stars
$89.91
+3.0%
$92.75
+3.2%
+66.0%$40.81B$1.46B66.1140Positive News
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
2.414 of 5 stars
$4.22
+3.7%
$5.68
+34.5%
N/A$919.96M$298.89M14.071,190
MAG
MAG Silver
N/A$20.93
+42.7%
N/A+73.2%$2.18BN/A23.5410News Coverage

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