AG vs WPM vs PAAS Stock Comparison

First Majestic Silver, Wheaton Precious Metals and Pan American Silver Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.
$132.55 -3.7% 1M +37.4% 1Y
Market cap
$60.18B
P/E
29.5x
Revenue (TTM)
-$35.66M
Div. yield
0.58%
Alternative Asset Managers Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionAGWPMPAASLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.32B $60.18B $17.08B WPM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.1x 29.5x 9,841x AG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.4x 31.2x 12.7x PAAS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +81.3% -6.5% +6.2% AG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 22.6% — 0.0% AG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.4% 18.7% 0.0% WPM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.9x 0.7x -4.3x PAAS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.40% 0.58% 1.68% PAAS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +39.6% +37.4% +19.9% AG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.1%/yr +26.5%/yr +9.3%/yr WPM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 73.8% 52.1% 58.8% WPM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 74/100 78/100 66/100 WPM

Percentile Scorecard

AGWPMPAAS

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

AxisAGWPMPAAS
Valuation 77 #39 of 169 76 #49 of 200 56 #75 of 169
Growth 99 #2 of 153 93 #9 of 117 88 #20 of 153
Profitability 86 #18 of 123 98 #4 of 144 50 #62 of 123
Financial Health 69 #52 of 165 76 #40 of 166 87 #23 of 165
Shareholder Returns 37 #74 of 116 45 #45 of 81 50 #58 of 116
Overall 74 78 66
  • AG ranked among 177 companies in Metals and Mining
  • WPM ranked among 210 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • PAAS ranked among 177 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAGWPMPAASSPY
1 month -15.2%-3.7%-11.8% -5.9%
3 months -13.8%+5.7%-15.7% -4.6%
6 months -30.3%+0.8%-29.9% +0.2%
Year to date -10.6%+12.8%-21.8% +7.5%
1 year +39.6%+37.4%+19.9% +8.2%
3 years +220.9%+197.9%+166.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +47.5%+43.9%+38.6% +19.0%
5 years +11.0%+223.2%+55.8% +56.5%
5 years, per year +2.1%+26.5%+9.3% +9.4%
10 years +76.8%+456.9%+145.5% +251.5%
10 years, per year +5.9%+18.7%+9.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAGWPMPAASSPY
Volatility, 1Y 73.8%52.1%58.8% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 73.7%54.7%60.8% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.671.821.97 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.540.720.34 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.5%-43.8%-59.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -53.5%-20.0%-41.0% -5.9%
52-week high $32.01$165.72$68.70 $779.14
52-week low $10.67$96.28$33.77 $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.

MultipleAGWPMPAAS
P/E now vs peer median 18.1xmedian 12.9x 29.5xmedian 33.2x 9,841xmedian 12.9x
P/S now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 3.1x -1,688xmedian 4.4x 4.9xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.8xmedian 7.6x 23.6xmedian 13.0x 44.0xmedian 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.9xmedian 12.2x 23.7xmedian 14.5x 11.2xmedian 12.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.2x 6.2xmedian 1.8x 2.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.36median 0.19 0.51median 0.77 377.07median 0.19

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 monthsAGWPMPAAS
Revenue $1.75B -$35.66M $3.46B
Gross profit $898.14M $2.40B $1.18B
Operating income $830.06M $2.28B $2.08M
Net income $465.18M $2.05B $1.12B
Free cash flow $613.68M $2.54B $1.53B
EPS (diluted) $0.82 $4.48 $0.00
Cash & equivalents $1.07B $100.19M $1.51B
Total debt $307.85M $1.99B $2.00M
Shares (diluted) 484.56M 454.69M 381.58M
Enterprise value $3.11B $55.61B $11.30B

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
MetricAGWPMPAAS
P/E 18.1x 29.5x 9,841x
P/FCF 11.9x 23.7x 11.2x
P/Operating cash flow 9.0x 23.7x 14.2x
P/S 4.2x -1,688x 4.9x
P/B 2.1x 6.2x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 2.1x 6.2x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA 5.8x 23.6x 44.0x
EV/EBIT 7.7x 27.3x 7,492x
EV/Revenue 3.6x -1,741x 4.5x
EV/FCF 10.4x 24.4x 10.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.8x 24.4x 12.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.36 0.51 377.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAGWPMPAAS
Revenue growth (1Y) 81.3% -6.5% 6.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 44.1% -17.4% 19.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 244.8% 114.5% 15.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 448.0% 69.4% 118.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 362.4% 149.2% 112.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 82.0% 73.5% 179.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 650.4% 159.9% 111.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 108.1% 49.4% 69.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 322.1% 158.1% 135.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 49.8% 58.1% 26.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 139.9% 88.5% 283.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 239.0% 56.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 127.6% 88.5% 185.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 68.6% 56.5% 66.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAGWPMPAAS
Gross margin 51.3% – 34.0%
EBITDA margin 62.7% – 10.2%
Operating margin 47.4% – 0.1%
Pretax margin 49.1% – 0.1%
Net margin 22.6% – 0.0%
FCF margin 35.1% – 44.2%
Operating cash flow margin 46.6% -7,135% 34.8%
Return on equity 12.9% 21.5% 0.0%
Return on assets 8.8% 18.5% 0.0%
Return on invested capital 12.4% 18.7% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 18.9% 21.2% 0.0%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.0x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.2x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% -67.5% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAGWPMPAAS
Debt / assets 6.1% 16.3% 0.0%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.2x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.9x 0.7x -4.3x
Debt / FCF 0.5x 0.8x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 31.4% 20.3% 27.3%
Equity / assets 68.6% 79.7% 72.7%
Interest coverage 42.5x 61.9x 22.1x
Current ratio 2.5x 0.5x 14.1x
Quick ratio 2.2x 0.5x 2.3x
Cash ratio 2.1x 0.4x 2.1x
Altman Z-score 3.80 15.88 5.15

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAGWPMPAAS
Dividend yield 0.4% 0.6% 1.7%
Net buyback yield -0.8% 0.0% -2.8%
Shareholder yield -0.4% 0.6% -1.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 23.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 19.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 11.7% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 7.9% –

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.

ConsensusAGWPMPAAS
Forward P/E 18.4xFY2026 31.2xFY2026 12.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.81FY2026 $4.25FY2026 $3.18FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +76.1%FY2026 +40.7%FY2026 +25.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.3% +24.7% +32.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.58BFY2026 $3.36BFY2026 $4.51BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.6%FY2026 +45.6%FY2026 +24.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.3% +25.1% +12.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAGWPMPAAS
Held by institutions 47.0% 63.9% 56.5%
Institutions holding 348 848 586
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.4% +2.8% -1.0%
Institutions buying 193 419 268
Institutions selling 104 268 199
Buyers to sellers 1.86 1.56 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.

AGWPMPAAS
AG 1.00 0.86 0.91
WPM 0.86 1.00 0.90
PAAS 0.91 0.90 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AG, WPM and PAAS?

Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) is the largest by market capitalisation: First Majestic Silver (AG) $7.32B, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) $60.18B, Pan American Silver (PAAS) $17.08B.

Which stock is cheaper, AG, WPM and PAAS?

First Majestic Silver (AG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (First Majestic Silver (AG) 18.1x, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) 29.5x, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 9,841x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pan American Silver (PAAS) is cheapest (First Majestic Silver (AG) 18.4x, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) 31.2x, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 12.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

First Majestic Silver (AG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: First Majestic Silver (AG) +81.3%, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) -6.5%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) +6.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

First Majestic Silver (AG) has the highest net margin (First Majestic Silver (AG) 22.6%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 0.0%). On return on invested capital, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) leads (First Majestic Silver (AG) 12.4%, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) 18.7%, 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) +39.6%, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) +37.4%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) +19.9%. Over five years, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) compounded fastest (First Majestic Silver (AG) +2.1%/yr, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) +26.5%/yr, Pan American Silver (PAAS) +9.3%/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%, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) 0.58%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 1.68%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) has been the steadiest (First Majestic Silver (AG) 73.8%, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) 52.1%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 58.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AG, WPM 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, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) 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.