Pan American Silver (PAAS) Competitors

Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) and Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver has higher revenue and earnings than Franco-Nevada. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franco-Nevada, 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	2.79	-$103.70M	-$0.17	-121.06
Franco-Nevada	$1.10B	20.41	-$466.40M	-$3.16	-36.78

Do analysts rate PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver presently has a consensus price target of $25.42, indicating a potential upside of 23.50%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus price target of $145.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.06%. Given Franco-Nevada's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franco-Nevada 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Franco-Nevada	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Is PAAS or FNV a better dividend stock?

Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pan American Silver pays out -235.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada pays out -45.6% 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.

Is PAAS or FNV more profitable?

Pan American Silver has a net margin of -2.37% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -55.28%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.55% 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%
Franco-Nevada	-55.28%	10.55%	10.09%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver received 96 more outperform votes than Franco-Nevada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.04% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 55.10% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 501 56.04%	Underperform Votes 393 43.96%
Franco-Nevada	Outperform Votes 405 55.10%	Underperform Votes 330 44.90%

Which has more volatility & risk, PAAS or FNV?

Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

55.4% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer PAAS or FNV?

In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 7 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 4 mentions for Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 0.60 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pan American Silver	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Franco-Nevada	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pan American Silver beats Franco-Nevada on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.