OceanaGold (OGC) Competitors

OceanaGold (TSE:OGC) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, OGC or PAAS?

OceanaGold has a beta of 1.325297, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.219503, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in OGC or PAAS?

48.9% of OceanaGold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of OceanaGold 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OGC or PAAS a better dividend stock?

OceanaGold pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. OceanaGold pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pan American Silver pays out 27.6% 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OGC or PAAS?

OceanaGold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan American Silver. OceanaGold 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
OceanaGold	C$1.56B	4.68	C$42.98M	C$1.58	20.06
Pan American Silver	C$3.12B	7.44	-C$33.47M	C$1.45	37.88

Do analysts rate OGC or PAAS?

OceanaGold currently has a consensus price target of C$24.44, suggesting a potential downside of 22.91%. Pan American Silver has a consensus price target of C$53.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.59%. Given Pan American Silver's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than OceanaGold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OceanaGold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is OGC or PAAS more profitable?

OceanaGold has a net margin of 5.86% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. OceanaGold's return on equity of 3.82% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OceanaGold	5.86%	3.82%	2.63%
Pan American Silver	-1.78%	-1.02%	0.43%

Does the media refer more to OGC or PAAS?

In the previous week, OceanaGold had 2 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for OceanaGold and 2 mentions for Pan American Silver. OceanaGold's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that OceanaGold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OceanaGold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

OceanaGold beats Pan American Silver on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.