Head to Head Comparison: Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) and United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY)

United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY) and Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) are both materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for United States Antimony and Pan American Silver, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United States Antimony	1	0	3	1	2.80
Pan American Silver	0	3	7	0	2.70

United States Antimony presently has a consensus price target of $10.12, indicating a potential upside of 219.91%. Pan American Silver has a consensus price target of $67.71, indicating a potential upside of 66.17%. Given United States Antimony’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than Pan American Silver.

Volatility and Risk

United States Antimony has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares United States Antimony and Pan American Silver”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United States Antimony	$39.26 million	12.07	-$4.34 million	($0.13)	-24.35
Pan American Silver	$4.31 billion	3.91	$978.00 million	$3.31	12.31

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.5% of United States Antimony shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of United States Antimony shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by 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 United States Antimony and Pan American Silver’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United States Antimony	-44.60%	-5.29%	-4.86%
Pan American Silver	32.04%	20.01%	14.48%

Summary

Pan American Silver beats United States Antimony on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About United States Antimony

United States Antimony Corporation produces and sells antimony, silver, gold, precious metals, and zeolite products in the United States, and Canada. It operates through Antimony, Zeolite, and Precious Metals segments. The company offers antimony oxide that is primarily used in conjunction with a halogen to form a synergistic flame retardant system for plastics, rubber, fiberglass, textile goods, paints, coatings, and paper, as well as color fastener in paints and as a phosphorescent agent in fluorescent light bulbs; antimony trisulfide used as a primer in ammunition; and antimony metal for use in bearings, storage batteries, and ordnance. The company also offers coarse and fine zeolite for soil amendment and fertilizer, water filtration, sewage treatment, nuclear waste and other environmental cleanup, odor control, gas separation, and animal nutrition applications, as well as in catalysts, petroleum refining, concrete, solar energy and heat exchange, desiccants, pellet binding, horse and kitty litter, and floor cleaners, as well as carriers for insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides. In addition, it recovers unrefined and refined gold and silver. United States Antimony Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Thompson Falls, Montana.

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.