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Pan American Silver (PAAS) Competitors

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C$40.07 +0.62 (+1.57%)
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PAAS vs. WPM, ABX, FNV, IAG, AGI, YRI, OR, IMG, AG, and NVA

Should you be buying Pan American Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pan American Silver include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), 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), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Pan American Silver vs. Its Competitors

Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% 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. Pan American Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious MetalsC$851.18M45.75C$426.03MC$1.9263.90
Pan American SilverC$1.88B5.44-C$33.47M-C$0.19-214.84

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals50.05% 8.56% 5.35%
Pan American Silver -1.78%-1.02%0.43%

In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 2 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pan American Silver and 1 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.45 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pan American Silver
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.83%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of C$52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.02%. Given Pan American Silver's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wheaton Precious Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.44
Pan American Silver
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals 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

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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PAAS vs. The Competition

MetricPan American SilverGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$10.23BC$1.79BC$3.29BC$6.21B
Dividend Yield1.55%6.07%5.15%6.72%
P/E Ratio-214.84407.5591.9948.55
Price / Sales5.44208,503,596,234,606,000.0027,226,089,426,169,100.001,211.24
Price / Cash25.3622.1123.8683.29
Price / Book3.138.086.084.68
Net Income-C$33.47MC$6.39MC$147.74MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.62%1.52%1.78%1.17%
1 Month Performance2.80%10.16%5.90%4.23%
1 Year Performance29.93%43.11%26.98%27.67%

Pan American Silver Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAAS
Pan American Silver
2.7151 of 5 stars
C$40.07
+1.6%
C$52.50
+31.0%
+34.5%C$10.23BC$1.88B-214.8413,000
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
1.0612 of 5 stars
C$122.46
+2.3%
C$109.50
-10.6%
+59.1%C$38.84BC$851.18M63.7240Positive News
ABX
Barrick Gold
2.1747 of 5 stars
C$28.35
+1.1%
C$33.67
+18.8%
+20.2%C$34.46BC$8.51B21.3521,300
FNV
Franco-Nevada
0.9425 of 5 stars
C$223.57
+1.1%
C$237.00
+6.0%
+30.3%C$30.34BC$769.64M-48.2840
IAG
iA Financial
1.0745 of 5 stars
C$149.29
+1.3%
C$139.75
-6.4%
+70.1%C$14.01BC$14.46B14.225,360
AGI
Alamos Gold
2.0092 of 5 stars
C$36.22
+3.2%
C$41.54
+14.7%
+59.0%C$10.71BC$879.15M43.122,400News Coverage
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YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.3327 of 5 stars
C$35.00
+2.0%
C$34.44
-1.6%
+67.7%C$6.54BC$248.46M-118.9130
IMG
IAMGOLD
3.3579 of 5 stars
C$10.03
+3.3%
C$11.00
+9.7%
+70.2%C$4.08BC$1.12B5.205,360
AG
First Majestic Silver
0.3031 of 5 stars
C$11.27
+2.5%
C$7.25
-35.7%
N/AC$3.81BC$621.80M-29.225,290News Coverage
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.646 of 5 stars
C$14.98
+1.6%
C$17.14
+14.4%
+3.6%C$3.07BC$1.22B10.4788Positive News
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This page (TSE:PAAS) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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