PAAS vs. K, AGI, TNX, BTO, LUG, ELD, OR, PRU, EQX, and CEE
Should you be buying Pan American Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pan American Silver include Kinross Gold (K), Alamos Gold (AGI), TRX Gold (TNX), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Perseus Mining (PRU), Equinox Gold (EQX), and Centamin (CEE). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.
Kinross Gold (TSE:K) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Kinross Gold has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.8% of Kinross Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Kinross 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kinross Gold had 24 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Kinross Gold and 2 mentions for Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Kinross Gold's score of 0.50 indicating that Kinross Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kinross Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$10.70, indicating a potential upside of 15.68%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of C$29.13, indicating a potential upside of 11.76%. Given Pan American Silver's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kinross Gold is more favorable than Pan American Silver.
Kinross Gold has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Kinross Gold's net margin of -4.48%. Pan American Silver's return on equity of 6.88% beat Kinross Gold's return on equity.
Kinross Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 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 2.1%. Kinross Gold pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pan American Silver pays out -122.7% 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. Pan American Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kinross Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinross Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kinross Gold received 400 more outperform votes than Pan American Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.63% of users gave Kinross Gold an outperform vote while only 67.45% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote.
Summary
Kinross Gold beats Pan American Silver on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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