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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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 1.5%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pan American Silver pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PAAS or WPM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pan American Silver. Wheaton Precious Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pan American Silver, 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	$2.82B	3.34	-$103.70M	$0.32	81.31
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.28B	26.63	$537.64M	$1.16	65.00

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 3.98%. 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	3.98%	6.14%	4.03%
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.85%	8.74%

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PAAS or WPM?

Pan American Silver presently has a consensus target price of $27.92, indicating a potential upside of 7.29%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $72.44, indicating a potential downside of 3.92%. Given Pan American Silver's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAAS or WPM?

Pan American Silver received 109 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.20% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 56.12% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 504 56.12%	Underperform Votes 394 43.88%
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 395 62.20%	Underperform Votes 240 37.80%

Does the media favor PAAS or WPM?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 3 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 13 mentions for Pan American Silver. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Pan American Silver's score of 1.37 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, PAAS or WPM?

Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Pan American Silver on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.