Pan American Silver (PAAS) closed at $54.59 in the latest trading session, marking a -8.83% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.57%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw a downswing of 1.34%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq depreciated by 2.04%.
Heading into today, shares of the silver mining company had gained 6.72% over the past month, lagging the Basic Materials sector's gain of 15.05% and outpacing the S&P 500's loss of 0.29%.
The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Pan American Silver in its forthcoming earnings report. The company is scheduled to release its earnings on February 18, 2026. In that report, analysts expect Pan American Silver to post earnings of $0.9 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 157.14%. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $1.11 billion, showing a 36.46% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.
For the annual period, the Zacks Consensus Estimates anticipate earnings of $2.22 per share and a revenue of $3.55 billion, signifying shifts of +181.01% and +25.8%, respectively, from the last year.
It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for Pan American Silver. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-term stock moves. To exploit this, we've formed the Zacks Rank, a quantitative model that includes these estimate changes and presents a viable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 1.53% higher. Right now, Pan American Silver possesses a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Looking at valuation, Pan American Silver is presently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 16.37. This denotes a discount relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 17.96.
It is also worth noting that PAAS currently has a PEG ratio of 0.6. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. As of the close of trade yesterday, the Mining - Silver industry held an average PEG ratio of 0.6.
The Mining - Silver industry is part of the Basic Materials sector. At present, this industry carries a Zacks Industry Rank of 5, placing it within the top 3% of over 250 industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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