Head to Head Survey: Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) and Osisko Mining (OTCMKTS:OBNNF)

Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) and Osisko Mining (OTCMKTS:OBNNF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Pan American Silver and Osisko Mining, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pan American Silver	0	1	5	0	2.83
Osisko Mining	0	0	1	0	3.00

Pan American Silver presently has a consensus target price of $24.64, indicating a potential upside of 20.62%. Osisko Mining has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.96%. Given Pan American Silver’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pan American Silver is more favorable than Osisko Mining.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pan American Silver and Osisko Mining”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pan American Silver	$2.57 billion	2.88	-$103.70 million	($0.46)	-44.41
Osisko Mining	N/A	N/A	$165.48 million	$0.42	8.50

Osisko Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Osisko Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

55.4% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Pan American Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Pan American Silver and Osisko Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pan American Silver	-5.54%	0.66%	0.44%
Osisko Mining	N/A	-0.50%	-0.41%

Summary

Pan American Silver beats Osisko Mining on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pan American Silver

Pan American Silver Corp. engages in the exploration, mine development, extraction, processing, refining, and reclamation of silver, gold, zinc, lead, and copper mines in Canada, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. The company was formerly known as Pan American Minerals Corp. and changed its name to Pan American Silver Corp. in April 1995. Pan American Silver Corp. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Osisko Mining

Osisko Mining Inc., a mineral exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious mineral deposits in Canada. The company primarily explores for gold deposits. It holds interest in the Windfall Lake Project, Quévillon Osborne Project, and Urban-Barry Project located in Québec, Canada; and Phoenix Properties located in Québec, Canada. The company was formerly known as Oban Mining Corporation and changed its name to Osisko Mining Inc. in June 2016. Osisko Mining Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.