OceanaGold (OGC) Competitors

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

Is PAAS or OGC 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
Pan American Silver	-1.78%	-1.02%	0.43%
OceanaGold	5.86%	3.82%	2.63%

Which has more volatility & risk, PAAS or OGC?

Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanaGold has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PAAS or OGC?

OceanaGold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OceanaGold, 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	C$1.88B	5.11	-C$33.47M	-C$0.19	-201.81
OceanaGold	C$734.01M	3.53	C$42.98M	C$0.12	42.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PAAS or OGC?

Pan American Silver received 250 more outperform votes than OceanaGold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.77% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 36.59% of users gave OceanaGold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 265 67.77%	Underperform Votes 126 32.23%
OceanaGold	Outperform Votes 15 36.59%	Underperform Votes 26 63.41%

Is PAAS or OGC a better dividend stock?

Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. OceanaGold pays an annual dividend of C$0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pan American Silver pays out -289.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OceanaGold pays out 24.3% 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.

Do analysts rate PAAS or OGC?

Pan American Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.48%. OceanaGold has a consensus price target of C$5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 10.15%. 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
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
OceanaGold	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Does the media refer more to PAAS or OGC?

In the previous week, OceanaGold had 6 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for OceanaGold and 0 mentions for Pan American Silver. OceanaGold's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that OceanaGold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pan American Silver	Neutral
OceanaGold	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PAAS or OGC?

62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of OceanaGold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of OceanaGold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

OceanaGold beats Pan American Silver on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.