PAN American Silver Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, PAN American Silver Corp had return on equity of 16.8%, an operating margin of 34.1%, debt equal to 10.2% of equity and a current ratio of 2.69. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 25.7% | 20.7% | 12.9% | 17.0% | 26.9% | 22.5% | 3.2% | 12.8% | 19.5% | 38.8% |
| Operating margin | 23.8% | 23.1% | 5.4% | 9.4% | 15.7% | 19.7% | −17.5% | 1.6% | 18.8% | 34.1% |
| Net margin | 13.1% | 15.1% | 1.5% | 8.2% | 13.2% | 6.0% | −22.8% | −4.5% | 4.0% | 27.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.6% | 10.1% | 1.4% | 5.6% | 21.2% | 9.1% | −16.3% | 3.1% | 14.2% | 28.2% |
| Return on equity | 7.3% | 8.5% | 0.8% | 5.6% | 7.0% | 3.8% | −14.1% | −3.0% | 2.4% | 16.8% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 6.3% | 0.6% | 4.1% | 5.1% | 2.8% | −10.1% | −2.0% | 1.6% | 11.6% |
| Asset turnover | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.39 | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.39 | 0.43 |
| Current ratio | 3.33 | 3.22 | 3.64 | 2.90 | 2.37 | 2.58 | 2.11 | 2.23 | 2.50 | 2.69 |
| Debt to equity | 2.6% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 11.2% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 8.8% | 14.8% | 15.1% | 10.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | 7.5x | 22.8x | 87.7x | n/m | 0.7x | 11.1x | 22.4x |
| Effective tax rate | 42.2% | 32.4% | 63.7% | 39.0% | 30.0% | 59.8% | — | — | 73.8% | 20.8% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 26.2% | 17.4% | 18.4% | 15.2% | 13.3% | 14.9% | 18.4% | 16.4% | 11.5% | 8.7% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 11.9% | 66.7% | 88.3% | 68.5% | 160.8% | 150.8% | — | — | 354.9% | 104.0% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 7.5% | 12.4% | 176.8% | 26.4% | 26.2% | 72.5% | — | — | 128.3% | 17.9% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 62.6% | 18.6% | 200.2% | 38.5% | 16.3% | 48.1% | — | 183.1% | 42.1% | 21.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.2bn of assets due within a year against $817m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.2bn short-term assets against $1.9bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $1.2bn of cash against $714m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 10% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 0% to 10% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.3bn of operating cash flow against $714m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.2bn against $55m of interest.
Moat
Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Low.
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