Pan American (PAAS) Q1 Earnings Miss, Revenues Top Estimates

 | May 11, 2017 02:46AM ET

Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ:PAAS) reported net earnings of $20 million or 13 cents per share for first-quarter 2017, up from the year-ago profit of $1.9 million or a penny per share. Higher net earnings reflect stronger mine operating earnings, partly offset by high cost of sales.

Barring one-time items, adjusted net earnings were 6 cents per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 8 cents.

Revenues rose 26% year over year to $198.7 million in the reported quarter, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $185 million.

Total cash costs declined 23% year over year in the reported quarter.

Pan American Silver Corp. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

Mining-Silver industry’s 14.8% loss.

Zacks Rank & Key Picks

Pan American currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Better-ranked companies in the basic materials space include Kronos Worldwide Inc (NYSE:KRO) , Akzo Nobel NV (OTC:AKZOY) and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) . All the three stocks sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see Zacks Investment Research

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