PAAS vs. ABX, FNV, IAG, AGI, YRI, OR, IMG, AG, NVA, and EQX
Should you be buying Pan American Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pan American Silver include Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), First Majestic Silver (AG), NuVista Energy (NVA), and Equinox Gold (EQX). 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.
62.2% of Barrick Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Barrick Gold pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pan American Silver pays out -289.5% 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 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.
Barrick Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrick Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Barrick Gold and Barrick Gold both had 2 articles in the media. Barrick Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.32 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 a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barrick Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$33.14, suggesting a potential upside of 2.58%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of C$52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.37%. Given Pan American Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Barrick Gold.
Summary
Barrick Gold beats Pan American Silver on 13 of the 18 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 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
