Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WDO or PAAS?

Wesdome Gold Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wesdome Gold Mines, 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
Wesdome Gold Mines	C$484.46M	5.68	C$82.40M	C$0.54	33.85
Pan American Silver	C$1.88B	5.15	-C$33.47M	-C$0.19	-203.47

Which has more volatility & risk, WDO or PAAS?

Wesdome Gold Mines has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WDO or PAAS more profitable?

Wesdome Gold Mines has a net margin of 17.01% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -1.78%. Wesdome Gold Mines' return on equity of 17.53% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wesdome Gold Mines	17.01%	17.53%	6.46%
Pan American Silver	-1.78%	-1.02%	0.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WDO or PAAS?

Wesdome Gold Mines received 260 more outperform votes than Pan American Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.77% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote while only 64.42% of users gave Wesdome Gold Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wesdome Gold Mines	Outperform Votes 525 64.42%	Underperform Votes 290 35.58%
Pan American Silver	Outperform Votes 265 67.77%	Underperform Votes 126 32.23%

Does the media refer more to WDO or PAAS?

In the previous week, Wesdome Gold Mines had 4 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wesdome Gold Mines and 0 mentions for Pan American Silver. Wesdome Gold Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.00 indicating that Wesdome Gold Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wesdome Gold Mines	Neutral
Pan American Silver	Neutral

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

46.4% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Wesdome Gold Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pan American Silver shares are held 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.

Do analysts prefer WDO or PAAS?

Wesdome Gold Mines presently has a consensus price target of C$16.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.04%. Pan American Silver has a consensus price target of C$52.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.34%. Given Pan American Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Wesdome Gold Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wesdome Gold Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Pan American Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Wesdome Gold Mines beats Pan American Silver on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.