Pan American Silver (PAAS) Competitors

Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) 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 profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WPM or PAAS?

Pan American Silver received 250 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.69% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 14 58.33%	Underperform Votes 10 41.67%
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 264 67.69%	Underperform Votes 126 32.31%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, WPM or PAAS?

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, 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
Wheaton Precious Metals	C$851.18M	40.42	C$426.03M	C$1.92	56.45
Pan American Silver	C$1.88B	5.04	-C$33.47M	-C$0.19	-198.97

Do analysts rate WPM or PAAS?

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$98.38, indicating a potential downside of 9.32%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of C$45.25, indicating a potential upside of 21.93%. 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
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to WPM or PAAS?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 1 mentions for Pan American Silver. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.40 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals	2 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WPM or PAAS?

69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WPM or PAAS more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%
Pan American Silver	-1.78%	-1.02%	0.43%

Which has more volatility and risk, WPM or PAAS?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less 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 WPM or PAAS a better dividend stock?

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pan American Silver pays out -289.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Pan American Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

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