K92 Mining (KNT) Competitors

K92 Mining (TSE:KNT) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts prefer KNT or PAAS?

Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of C$52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.24%. Given Pan American Silver's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than K92 Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
K92 Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KNT or PAAS?

57.2% of K92 Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of K92 Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pan American Silver 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 favor KNT or PAAS?

In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 3 more articles in the media than K92 Mining. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pan American Silver and 0 mentions for K92 Mining. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat K92 Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
K92 Mining	Neutral
Pan American Silver	Neutral

Is KNT or PAAS more profitable?

K92 Mining has a net margin of 24.76% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. K92 Mining's return on equity of 20.37% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
K92 Mining	24.76%	20.37%	7.49%
Pan American Silver	-1.78%	-1.02%	0.43%

Which has more volatility and risk, KNT or PAAS?

K92 Mining has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, KNT or PAAS?

K92 Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K92 Mining, 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
K92 Mining	C$217.76M	11.38	C$53.92M	C$0.45	32.42
Pan American Silver	C$1.88B	5.31	-C$33.47M	-C$0.19	-209.69

Summary

K92 Mining beats Pan American Silver on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.