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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	11.11	C$53.92M	C$0.45	31.65
Pan American Silver	C$1.88B	5.06	-C$33.47M	-C$0.19	-199.88

Which has more risk and volatility, KNT or PAAS?

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

Do analysts rate KNT or PAAS?

Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of C$52.50, indicating a potential upside of 40.83%. Given Pan American Silver's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	4 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 institutionals and insiders believe 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Does the media refer more to KNT or PAAS?

In the previous week, K92 Mining had 3 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for K92 Mining and 2 mentions for Pan American Silver. K92 Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Pan American Silver's score of -0.18 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pan American Silver	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

K92 Mining beats Pan American Silver on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.