EQX vs. PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, AG, NVA, SKE, NG, NDM, and PPTA
Should you be buying Equinox Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinox Gold include Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), First Majestic Silver (AG), NuVista Energy (NVA), Skeena Resources (SKE), NovaGold Resources (NG), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), and Perpetua Resources (PPTA). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Equinox Gold vs. Its Competitors
Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) and Equinox Gold (TSE:EQX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 2 more articles in the media than Equinox Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pan American Silver and 1 mentions for Equinox Gold. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Equinox Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinox Gold has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Equinox Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Equinox Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinox Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pan American Silver presently has a consensus target price of C$52.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.35%. Given Pan American Silver's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Equinox Gold.
Equinox Gold has a net margin of 19.82% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. Equinox Gold's return on equity of 8.67% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.
Summary
Equinox Gold beats Pan American Silver on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:EQX) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
