Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO) Competitors

Wesdome Gold Mines (TSE:WDO) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Do analysts prefer WDO or PAAS?

Wesdome Gold Mines presently has a consensus price target of C$19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.12%. Pan American Silver has a consensus price target of C$52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.83%. Given Pan American Silver's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Wesdome Gold Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wesdome Gold Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is WDO or PAAS more profitable?

Wesdome Gold Mines has a net margin of 17.01% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. Wesdome Gold Mines' return on equity of 17.53% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wesdome Gold Mines	17.01%	17.53%	6.46%
Pan American Silver	-1.78%	-1.02%	0.43%

Does the media prefer WDO or PAAS?

In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 1 more articles in the media than Wesdome Gold Mines. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pan American Silver and 1 mentions for Wesdome Gold Mines. Wesdome Gold Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Pan American Silver's score of -0.18 indicating that Wesdome Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wesdome Gold Mines	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pan American Silver	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WDO or PAAS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wesdome Gold Mines	C$484.46M	5.13	C$82.40M	C$0.54	30.55
Pan American Silver	C$1.88B	5.06	-C$33.47M	-C$0.19	-199.88

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WDO or PAAS?

46.4% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, WDO or PAAS?

Wesdome Gold Mines has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% 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.

Summary

Wesdome Gold Mines beats Pan American Silver on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.