EQX vs. PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, AG, NVA, SKE, NG, NDM, and PPTA
Should you be buying Equinox Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinox Gold include Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), First Majestic Silver (AG), NuVista Energy (NVA), Skeena Resources (SKE), NovaGold Resources (NG), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), and Perpetua Resources (PPTA). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Equinox Gold vs. Its Competitors
Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) and Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equinox Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinox Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equinox Gold has a net margin of 19.82% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. Equinox Gold's return on equity of 8.67% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.
Pan American Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$52.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.15%. Given Pan American Silver's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Equinox Gold.
In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 3 more articles in the media than Equinox Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pan American Silver and 1 mentions for Equinox Gold. Equinox Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Pan American Silver's score of -0.08 indicating that Equinox Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Equinox Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Equinox Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Equinox Gold beats Pan American Silver on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:EQX) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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