Pan American Silver (PAAS) Competitors

Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Is PAAS or WPM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -2.37%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.85% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pan American Silver	-2.37%	3.07%	2.01%
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.85%	8.74%

Which has better valuation & earnings, PAAS or WPM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pan American Silver	$2.67B	2.92	-$103.70M	-$0.17	-126.32
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.02B	25.78	$537.64M	$1.34	43.09

Is PAAS or WPM a better dividend stock?

Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Pan American Silver pays out -235.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 46.3% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PAAS or WPM?

Pan American Silver received 108 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.09% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 501 56.04%	Underperform Votes 393 43.96%
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 393 62.09%	Underperform Votes 240 37.91%

Which has more risk and volatility, PAAS or WPM?

Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PAAS or WPM?

55.4% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer PAAS or WPM?

Pan American Silver currently has a consensus price target of $25.42, suggesting a potential upside of 18.36%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $71.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.12%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Pan American Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Does the media favor PAAS or WPM?

In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 5 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Pan American Silver and 8 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.48 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pan American Silver	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wheaton Precious Metals	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Pan American Silver on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.