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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver received 99 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.07% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 499 56.07%	Underperform Votes 391 43.93%
Franco-Nevada	Outperform Votes 400 54.95%	Underperform Votes 328 45.05%

Do analysts recommend PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver currently has a consensus price target of $24.93, suggesting a potential upside of 11.04%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus price target of $152.88, suggesting a potential upside of 24.39%. Given Franco-Nevada's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franco-Nevada 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Franco-Nevada	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Do institutionals & insiders believe in 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver has higher revenue and earnings than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pan American Silver	$2.57B	3.17	-$103.70M	-$0.46	-48.85
Franco-Nevada	$1.13B	20.93	-$466.40M	-$2.49	-49.36

Is PAAS or FNV more profitable?

Pan American Silver has a net margin of -5.54% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -51.64%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.56% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pan American Silver	-5.54%	0.66%	0.44%
Franco-Nevada	-51.64%	10.56%	10.15%

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 1.8%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pan American Silver pays out -87.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada pays out -57.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to PAAS or FNV?

In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 8 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 6 mentions for Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 0.91 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pan American Silver	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Franco-Nevada	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pan American Silver beats Franco-Nevada on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.