PAAS vs. ABX, FNV, IAG, AGI, YRI, OR, IMG, EQX, AG, and NVA
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), Equinox Gold (EQX), First Majestic Silver (AG), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Pan American Silver vs.
Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) and Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Pan American Silver presently has a consensus target price of C$52.50, indicating a potential upside of 57.09%. Barrick Gold has a consensus target price of C$33.67, indicating a potential upside of 28.55%. Given Pan American Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Barrick Gold.
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.
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.
62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 3 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Barrick Gold and 5 mentions for Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.37 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Barrick Gold received 364 more outperform votes than Pan American Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.77% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote.
Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Pan American Silver pays out -289.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Gold pays out 40.7% 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.
Summary
Barrick Gold beats Pan American Silver on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PAAS) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
