PAAS vs. ABX, WPM, FNV, AGI, IAG, EQX, OR, IMG, YRI, and AG
Should you be buying Pan American Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pan American Silver include Barrick Gold (ABX), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Alamos Gold (AGI), iA Financial (IAG), Equinox Gold (EQX), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), Yamana Gold (YRI), and First Majestic Silver (AG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Pan American Silver vs. Its Competitors
Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.
Barrick Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$33.63, suggesting a potential downside of 15.32%. Pan American Silver has a consensus price target of C$53.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.41%. Given Pan American Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Barrick Gold.
Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.722701, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 0.930192, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Barrick Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Pan American Silver. Barrick Gold 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.
Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Barrick Gold pays out 25.2% 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. Barrick Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Barrick Gold has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. Barrick Gold's return on equity of 6.90% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.
52.8% of Barrick Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.8% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Gold 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 7 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Barrick Gold and 5 mentions for Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.25 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Barrick Gold beats Pan American Silver on 13 of the 19 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:PAAS) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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