Orla Mining (OLA) Competitors

Orla Mining (TSE:OLA) and Pan American Silver (TSE:PAAS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer OLA or PAAS?

In the previous week, Pan American Silver had 2 more articles in the media than Orla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pan American Silver and 4 mentions for Orla Mining. Orla Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.54 indicating that Orla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Orla Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pan American Silver	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, OLA or PAAS?

Orla Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orla 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
Orla Mining	C$236.97M	9.12	C$7.47M	C$0.05	203.91
Pan American Silver	C$1.88B	4.73	-C$33.47M	-C$0.19	-186.58

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OLA or PAAS?

47.9% of Orla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.7% of Orla 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OLA or PAAS?

Pan American Silver received 239 more outperform votes than Orla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.61% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Orla Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orla Mining	Outperform Votes 24 53.33%	Underperform Votes 21 46.67%
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 263 67.61%	Underperform Votes 126 32.39%

Do analysts recommend OLA or PAAS?

Orla Mining presently has a consensus target price of C$9.05, indicating a potential downside of 5.14%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of C$47.25, indicating a potential upside of 35.78%. Given Pan American Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Orla Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orla Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
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 risk and volatility, OLA or PAAS?

Orla Mining has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% 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.

Is OLA or PAAS more profitable?

Orla Mining has a net margin of 3.15% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. Orla Mining's return on equity of 2.24% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orla Mining	3.15%	2.24%	4.26%
Pan American Silver	-1.78%	-1.02%	0.43%

Summary

Orla Mining beats Pan American Silver on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.