AG vs EXK vs PAAS Stock Comparison

First Majestic Silver, Endeavour Silver and Pan American Silver Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp
$7.50 -20.1% 1M -7.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.97B
P/E
32.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$737.30M
Div. yield
–
Silver Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pan American Silver leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Pan American Silver 5, Endeavour Silver 4, First Majestic Silver 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAGEXKPAASLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.30B $1.97B $17.00B PAAS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.5x 32.3x 49.6x AG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.6x 11.4x 12.5x EXK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +98.5% +197.5% +2.3% EXK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.2% 8.9% 9.7% AG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.0% 16.1% 0.0% EXK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x -0.9x -4.4x PAAS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.40% — 1.69% PAAS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.7% -7.3% +10.9% AG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.4%/yr +7.3%/yr +8.8%/yr PAAS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 73.7% 76.4% 57.9% PAAS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 68/100 66/100 EXK

Percentile Scorecard

AGEXKPAAS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAGEXKPAAS
Valuation 74 #31 of 114 69 #36 of 114 61 #45 of 114
Growth 99 #2 of 102 84 #17 of 102 71 #30 of 102
Profitability 78 #19 of 81 61 #32 of 81 50 #41 of 81
Financial Health 63 #45 of 120 64 #44 of 120 83 #21 of 120
Shareholder Returns 29 #52 of 73 64 #27 of 73 65 #26 of 73
Overall 68 68 66
  • AG ranked among 128 companies in Metals and Mining
  • EXK ranked among 128 companies in Metals and Mining
  • PAAS ranked among 128 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAGEXKPAASSPY
1 month -21.9%-20.1%-16.1% -0.8%
3 months -8.4%-5.4%-8.6% +3.5%
6 months -27.5%-22.8%-27.0% +7.0%
Year to date -10.9%-20.2%-22.2% +12.2%
1 year +15.7%-7.3%+10.9% +13.0%
3 years +171.0%+231.9%+166.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +39.4%+49.2%+38.7% +23.1%
5 years +12.5%+42.3%+52.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.4%+7.3%+8.8% +11.0%
10 years +85.9%+72.8%+153.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.4%+5.6%+9.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAGEXKPAASSPY
Volatility, 1Y 73.7%76.4%57.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 74.3%77.6%60.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.813.162.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.21-0.100.19 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.5%-75.1%-59.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -53.6%-46.9%-41.3% -1.8%
52-week high $32.01$14.12$68.70 $779.14
52-week low $10.67$7.07$33.20 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAGEXKPAAS
P/E now vs peer median 20.5xmedian 10.6x 32.3xmedian 10.6x 49.6xmedian 10.6x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 3.1x 2.7xmedian 3.1x 5.3xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 5.9x 7.0xmedian 5.9x 43.4xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 11.3x 11.9xmedian 11.3x 15.2xmedian 11.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 2.3x 2.8xmedian 2.3x 2.3xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.42median 0.17 0.89median 0.17 1.13median 0.17

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAGEXKPAAS
Revenue $1.64B $737.30M $3.19B
Gross profit $827.10M $229.80M $882.07M
Operating income $756.62M $176.30M $1.90M
Net income $421.54M -$124.97M $930.65M
Free cash flow $617.41M $165.81M $1.12B
EPS (diluted) $0.72 $0.23 $0.81
Cash & equivalents $1.09B $236.60M $1.57B
Total debt $1.03B $337.87M $3.00M
Shares (diluted) 484.56M 283.08M 381.58M
Enterprise value $3.77B $1.23B $11.86B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAGEXKPAAS
P/E 20.5x 32.3x 49.6x
P/FCF 11.8x 11.9x 15.2x
P/Operating cash flow 8.8x 19.1x 15.2x
P/S 4.4x 2.7x 5.3x
P/B 2.2x 2.8x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 2.8x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA 6.4x 7.0x 43.4x
EV/EBIT 8.4x 9.8x 8,120x
EV/Revenue 3.9x 2.4x 4.8x
EV/FCF 10.3x 10.5x 13.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.7x 16.9x 13.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.42 0.89 1.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAGEXKPAAS
Revenue growth (1Y) 98.5% 197.5% 2.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 39.0% 48.1% 22.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 335.5% 463.2% -0.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 283.4% 60.7% 104.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 622.0% 834.6% 116.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 78.9% 42.2% 127.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 517.9% -24.8% 123.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 98.2% -122.0% 75.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 294.7% 260.2% -57.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 48.3% 36.3% 44.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 207.8% 261.3% 74.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 131.1% 22.3% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 232.3% 1,855% 66.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 80.3% 7.0% 56.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAGEXKPAAS
Gross margin 50.4% 31.2% 27.7%
EBITDA margin 60.3% 33.5% 11.1%
Operating margin 46.1% 23.9% 0.1%
Pretax margin 46.5% -7.7% 0.1%
Net margin 21.2% 8.9% 9.7%
FCF margin 37.6% 22.5% 35.1%
Operating cash flow margin 50.3% 14.0% 35.1%
Return on equity 12.2% 9.7% 0.0%
Return on assets 8.4% 5.2% 0.0%
Return on invested capital 12.0% 16.1% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 17.5% 16.9% 0.0%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x -0.8x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.5% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAGEXKPAAS
Debt / assets 6.1% 0.4% 0.0%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.0x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x -0.9x -4.4x
Debt / FCF 0.5x 0.0x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 31.7% 44.0% 27.5%
Equity / assets 68.3% 56.0% 72.5%
Interest coverage 34.3x 7.5x 21.3x
Current ratio 2.6x 2.0x 14.1x
Quick ratio 2.3x 1.4x 2.5x
Cash ratio 2.2x 1.1x 2.2x
Altman Z-score 3.75 2.95 5.06

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAGEXKPAAS
Dividend yield 0.4% – 1.7%
Net buyback yield -1.0% -0.4% -1.5%
Shareholder yield -0.6% -0.4% 0.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 0.5% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 0.4% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -20.6% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -32.9% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAGEXKPAAS
Forward P/E 18.6xFY2026 11.4xFY2026 12.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.80FY2026 $0.66FY2026 $3.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +73.9%FY2026 – +27.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.5% +47.0% +30.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.58BFY2026 $813.71MFY2026 $4.48BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.6%FY2026 +88.0%FY2026 +24.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.3% +39.6% +12.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAGEXKPAAS
Held by institutions 47.0% 50.1% 56.5%
Institutions holding 347 222 584
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.4% -6.4% -1.0%
Institutions buying 193 122 268
Institutions selling 104 55 199
Buyers to sellers 1.86 2.22 1.35

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AGEXKPAAS
AG 1.00 0.92 0.90
EXK 0.92 1.00 0.88
PAAS 0.90 0.88 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AG, EXK and PAAS?

Pan American Silver (PAAS) is the largest by market capitalisation: First Majestic Silver (AG) $7.30B, Endeavour Silver (EXK) $1.97B, Pan American Silver (PAAS) $17.00B.

Which stock is cheaper, AG, EXK and PAAS?

First Majestic Silver (AG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (First Majestic Silver (AG) 20.5x, Endeavour Silver (EXK) 32.3x, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 49.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Endeavour Silver (EXK) is cheapest (First Majestic Silver (AG) 18.6x, Endeavour Silver (EXK) 11.4x, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 12.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Endeavour Silver (EXK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: First Majestic Silver (AG) +98.5%, Endeavour Silver (EXK) +197.5%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) +2.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

First Majestic Silver (AG) has the highest net margin (First Majestic Silver (AG) 21.2%, Endeavour Silver (EXK) 8.9%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 9.7%). On return on invested capital, Endeavour Silver (EXK) leads (First Majestic Silver (AG) 12.0%, Endeavour Silver (EXK) 16.1%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year First Majestic Silver (AG) returned the most: First Majestic Silver (AG) +15.7%, Endeavour Silver (EXK) -7.3%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) +10.9%. Over five years, Pan American Silver (PAAS) compounded fastest (First Majestic Silver (AG) +2.4%/yr, Endeavour Silver (EXK) +7.3%/yr, Pan American Silver (PAAS) +8.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pan American Silver (PAAS) has the highest dividend yield: First Majestic Silver (AG) 0.40%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 1.69%. Endeavour Silver (EXK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pan American Silver (PAAS) has been the steadiest (First Majestic Silver (AG) 73.7%, Endeavour Silver (EXK) 76.4%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 57.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AG, EXK and PAAS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pan American Silver (PAAS) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.