K92 Mining (KNT) Competitors

K92 Mining (TSE:KNT) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the media refer more to KNT or PAAS?

In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 3 more articles in the media than K92 Mining. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pan American Silver and 3 mentions for K92 Mining. K92 Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Pan American Silver's score of -0.08 indicating that K92 Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
K92 Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pan American Silver	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is KNT or PAAS more profitable?

K92 Mining has a net margin of 24.76% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. K92 Mining's return on equity of 20.37% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
K92 Mining	24.76%	20.37%	7.49%
Pan American Silver	-1.78%	-1.02%	0.43%

Do analysts prefer KNT or PAAS?

Pan American Silver has a consensus price target of C$52.50, indicating a potential upside of 58.37%. Given Pan American Silver's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than K92 Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
K92 Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KNT or PAAS?

57.2% of K92 Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of K92 Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KNT or PAAS?

Pan American Silver received 233 more outperform votes than K92 Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.21% of users gave K92 Mining an outperform vote while only 67.77% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
K92 Mining	Outperform Votes 32 84.21%	Underperform Votes 6 15.79%
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 265 67.77%	Underperform Votes 126 32.23%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KNT or PAAS?

K92 Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K92 Mining, 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
K92 Mining	C$217.76M	10.81	C$53.92M	C$0.45	30.82
Pan American Silver	C$1.88B	4.50	-C$33.47M	-C$0.19	-177.73

Which has more risk and volatility, KNT or PAAS?

K92 Mining has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

K92 Mining beats Pan American Silver on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.