PAAS vs. ABX, WPM, FNV, AGI, IAG, EQX, OR, IMG, AG, and YRI
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), First Majestic Silver (AG), and Yamana Gold (YRI). 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
52.0% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 4 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Barrick Gold and 2 mentions for Pan American Silver. Barrick Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that Barrick Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 currently has a consensus price target of C$37.33, indicating a potential downside of 19.47%. Pan American Silver has a consensus price target of C$53.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.59%. Given Pan American Silver's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Barrick Gold.
Barrick Gold has a beta of 1.064128, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.219503, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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.
Summary
Barrick Gold beats Pan American Silver on 15 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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:PAAS) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
