Pan American Silver (PAAS) Competitors

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

Is PAAS or ABX a better dividend stock?

Pan American Silver pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Pan American Silver pays out -96.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrick Gold pays out 45.4% 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.

Is PAAS or ABX more profitable?

Barrick Gold has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -5.46%. Barrick Gold's return on equity of 7.20% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pan American Silver	-5.46%	-2.80%	0.43%
Barrick Gold	12.78%	7.20%	4.00%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PAAS or ABX?

Barrick Gold received 361 more outperform votes than Pan American Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.44% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 63.34% of users gave Barrick Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 261 67.44%	Underperform Votes 126 32.56%
Barrick Gold	Outperform Votes 622 63.34%	Underperform Votes 360 36.66%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PAAS or ABX?

Barrick Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrick Gold, 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
Pan American Silver	C$2.57B	4.43	-C$140.50M	-C$0.56	-56.00
Barrick Gold	C$11.83B	3.70	C$1.51B	C$1.19	21.03

Do analysts rate PAAS or ABX?

Pan American Silver presently has a consensus target price of C$44.25, indicating a potential upside of 41.10%. Barrick Gold has a consensus target price of C$31.14, indicating a potential upside of 24.40%. Given Pan American Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Barrick Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Barrick Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the media refer more to PAAS or ABX?

In the previous week, Barrick Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Barrick Gold and 4 mentions for Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Barrick Gold's score of 0.09 indicating that Pan American Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has more risk & volatility, PAAS or ABX?

Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Gold has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PAAS or ABX?

62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Barrick Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Barrick Gold beats Pan American Silver on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.