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
Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) and Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% 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 1.4%. 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 out -289.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% 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.
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.
Wheaton Precious Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned 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.
Pan American Silver presently has a consensus price target of C$52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.08%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of C$109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.95%. Given Pan American Silver's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.
In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 1 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pan American Silver and 2 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 news media.
Summary
Wheaton Precious Metals beats Pan American Silver on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PAAS) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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