NEWP vs AG vs PAAS Stock Comparison

New Pacific Metals, First Majestic Silver and Pan American Silver Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

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Pan American Silver leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Pan American Silver 5, First Majestic Silver 5, New Pacific Metals 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNEWPAGPAASLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $897.58M $6.91B $14.60B PAAS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -214.2x 19.9x 47.1x AG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.9x 12.8x PAAS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +98.5% +2.3% AG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 21.2% 9.7% AG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.0% 0.0% AG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -1.0x -4.4x PAAS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +146.3% +21.3% +16.1% NEWP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.6%/yr +3.9%/yr +9.7%/yr PAAS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 80.4% 73.8% 57.9% PAAS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 76/100 67/100 AG

Percentile Scorecard

NEWPAGPAAS

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

AxisNEWPAGPAAS
Valuation 41 #96 of 163 77 #39 of 163 57 #71 of 163
Growth 58 #63 of 148 99 #2 of 148 74 #39 of 148
Profitability – 84 #20 of 123 52 #60 of 123
Financial Health 100 #1 of 164 69 #51 of 164 85 #25 of 164
Shareholder Returns 32 #74 of 108 52 #52 of 108 69 #34 of 108
Overall 58 76 67
  • NEWP ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • AG ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • PAAS ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNEWPAGPAASSPY
1 month -16.9%-15.2%-11.7% +0.7%
3 months +11.8%-2.3%-7.5% +3.7%
6 months +0.2%-22.2%-22.1% +7.1%
Year to date +51.6%-8.0%-21.4% +12.8%
1 year +146.3%+21.3%+16.1% +11.9%
3 years +226.4%+181.8%+172.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +48.4%+41.3%+39.7% +22.8%
5 years +50.7%+21.0%+59.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year +8.6%+3.9%+9.7% +10.9%
10 years +1,512.1%+97.0%+164.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +32.1%+7.0%+10.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNEWPAGPAASSPY
Volatility, 1Y 80.4%73.8%57.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 79.3%74.4%60.2% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.872.832.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.820.290.28 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -78.2%-70.5%-59.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.8%-52.1%-40.7% -1.2%
52-week high $7.37$32.01$68.70 $779.14
52-week low $2.04$10.67$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.

MultipleNEWPAGPAAS
P/E now vs peer median -229.3xmedian 13.2x 21.1xmedian 13.2x 50.2xmedian 13.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 3.1x 4.6xmedian 3.1x 5.4xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.2x 6.7xmedian 7.2x 43.9xmedian 7.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -133.3xmedian 15.2x 12.2xmedian 15.2x 15.3xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 6.2xmedian 2.2x 2.2xmedian 2.2x 2.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -9.81median 0.30 0.44median 0.30 1.14median 0.30

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 monthsNEWPAGPAAS
Revenue – $1.64B $3.19B
Gross profit – $827.10M $882.07M
Operating income – $756.62M $1.90M
Net income -$4.19M $421.54M $930.65M
Free cash flow -$7.39M $617.41M $1.12B
EPS (diluted) $-0.02 $0.72 $0.81
Cash & equivalents $38.57M $1.09B $1.57B
Total debt – $1.03B $3.00M
Shares (diluted) 180.60M 484.56M 381.58M
Enterprise value $783.56M $2.97B $9.45B

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
MetricNEWPAGPAAS
P/E -229.3x 21.1x 50.2x
P/FCF -133.3x 12.2x 15.3x
P/Operating cash flow -282.0x 9.1x 15.4x
P/S – 4.6x 5.4x
P/B 6.2x 2.2x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 6.2x 2.2x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA – 6.7x 43.9x
EV/EBIT – 8.7x 8,215x
EV/Revenue – 4.0x 4.9x
EV/FCF -128.1x 10.7x 13.9x
EV/Operating cash flow -271.0x 8.0x 14.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -9.81 0.44 1.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNEWPAGPAAS
Revenue growth (1Y) – 98.5% 2.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 39.0% 22.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 335.5% -0.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 283.4% 104.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 622.0% 116.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 78.9% 127.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -10.8% 517.9% 123.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 19.7% 98.2% 75.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -6.0% 294.7% -57.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.4% 48.3% 44.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -7.1% 207.8% 74.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 131.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -17.1% 232.3% 66.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.8% 80.3% 56.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNEWPAGPAAS
Gross margin – 50.4% 27.7%
EBITDA margin – 60.3% 11.1%
Operating margin – 46.1% 0.1%
Pretax margin – 46.5% 0.1%
Net margin – 21.2% 9.7%
FCF margin – 37.6% 35.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 50.3% 35.1%
Return on equity -2.6% 12.2% 0.0%
Return on assets – 8.4% 0.0%
Return on invested capital – 12.0% 0.0%
Return on capital employed – 17.5% 0.0%
Asset turnover – 0.3x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 2.0x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNEWPAGPAAS
Debt / assets – 6.1% 0.0%
Debt / equity – 0.1x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – -1.0x -4.4x
Debt / FCF – 0.5x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 0.7% 31.7% 27.5%
Equity / assets 99.3% 68.3% 72.5%
Interest coverage – 34.3x 21.3x
Current ratio 34.5x 2.6x 14.1x
Quick ratio 34.3x 2.3x 2.5x
Cash ratio 34.3x 2.2x 2.2x
Altman Z-score – 3.84 5.10

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNEWPAGPAAS
Dividend yield – 0.4% 1.7%
Net buyback yield -3.0% -1.0% -1.5%
Shareholder yield -3.0% -0.6% 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.

ConsensusNEWPAGPAAS
Forward P/E – 18.9xFY2026 12.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.03FY2027 $0.81FY2026 $3.18FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +76.1%FY2026 +25.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +17.3% +32.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $0.00FY2027 $1.58BFY2026 $4.51BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +25.6%FY2026 +24.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +8.3% +12.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNEWPAGPAAS
Held by institutions – 47.0% 56.5%
Institutions holding – 348 585
Change in shares held, QoQ – -4.4% -1.0%
Institutions buying – 194 269
Institutions selling – 104 199
Buyers to sellers – 1.87 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.

NEWPAGPAAS
NEWP 1.00 0.79 0.77
AG 0.79 1.00 0.90
PAAS 0.77 0.90 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NEWP, AG and PAAS?

Pan American Silver (PAAS) is the largest by market capitalisation: New Pacific Metals (NEWP) $897.58M, First Majestic Silver (AG) $6.91B, Pan American Silver (PAAS) $14.60B.

Which stock is cheaper, NEWP, AG and PAAS?

First Majestic Silver (AG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (New Pacific Metals (NEWP) -214.2x, First Majestic Silver (AG) 19.9x, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 47.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pan American Silver (PAAS) is cheapest (First Majestic Silver (AG) 18.9x, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 12.8x). 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) +98.5%, 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%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 9.7%). On return on invested capital, First Majestic Silver (AG) leads (First Majestic Silver (AG) 12.0%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year New Pacific Metals (NEWP) returned the most: New Pacific Metals (NEWP) +146.3%, First Majestic Silver (AG) +21.3%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) +16.1%. Over five years, Pan American Silver (PAAS) compounded fastest (New Pacific Metals (NEWP) +8.6%/yr, First Majestic Silver (AG) +3.9%/yr, Pan American Silver (PAAS) +9.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: New Pacific Metals (NEWP) 0.00%, First Majestic Silver (AG) 0.00%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 0.00%. New Pacific Metals (NEWP) and Pan American Silver (PAAS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pan American Silver (PAAS) has been the steadiest (New Pacific Metals (NEWP) 80.4%, First Majestic Silver (AG) 73.8%, Pan American Silver (PAAS) 57.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NEWP, AG 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.