Reviewing United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY) and Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS)

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

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United States Antimony	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.13)	-25.58
Pan American Silver	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.31	12.59

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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pan American Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Pan American Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pan American Silver	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for United States Antimony and Pan American Silver, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	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 currently has a consensus price target of $10.12, suggesting a potential upside of 204.51%. Pan American Silver has a consensus price target of $67.71, suggesting a potential upside of 62.46%. Given United States Antimony’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than Pan American Silver.

Summary

Pan American Silver beats United States Antimony on 4 of the 7 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.