OceanaGold (OGC) Competitors

OceanaGold (TSE:OGC) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Is OGC or PAAS a better dividend stock?

OceanaGold pays an annual dividend of C$0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. OceanaGold pays out 300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pan American Silver pays out -96.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pan American Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend OGC or PAAS?

OceanaGold currently has a consensus target price of C$5.10, suggesting a potential upside of 25.62%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of C$44.25, suggesting a potential upside of 41.69%. Given Pan American Silver's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than OceanaGold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OceanaGold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, OGC or PAAS?

OceanaGold has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OGC or PAAS?

Pan American Silver received 248 more outperform votes than OceanaGold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.44% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 37.14% of users gave OceanaGold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OceanaGold	Outperform Votes 13 37.14%	Underperform Votes 22 62.86%
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 261 67.44%	Underperform Votes 126 32.56%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OGC or PAAS?

57.5% of OceanaGold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of OceanaGold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to OGC or PAAS?

In the previous week, OceanaGold had 9 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for OceanaGold and 2 mentions for Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat OceanaGold's score of -0.33 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OceanaGold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pan American Silver	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is OGC or PAAS more profitable?

OceanaGold has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -5.46%. OceanaGold's return on equity of 0.24% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OceanaGold	0.10%	0.24%	2.63%
Pan American Silver	-5.46%	-2.80%	0.43%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OGC or PAAS?

OceanaGold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OceanaGold, 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
OceanaGold	C$1B	2.89	C$1M	C$0.01	406.00
Pan American Silver	C$2.57B	4.41	-C$140.50M	-C$0.56	-55.77

Summary

OceanaGold beats Pan American Silver on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.