FNV vs. WPM, GOLD, GFI, AEM, AU, KGC, PAAS, AGI, NEM, and TECK
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Gold Fields (GFI), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Newmont (NEM), and Teck Resources (TECK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 53.74% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -39.88%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.81% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.
Wheaton Precious Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Franco-Nevada currently has a consensus target price of $148.60, suggesting a potential upside of 18.15%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $54.30, suggesting a potential downside of 2.74%. Given Franco-Nevada's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.
77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Franco-Nevada pays out -57.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franco-Nevada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 7 more articles in the media than Franco-Nevada. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 9 mentions for Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 1.16 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franco-Nevada received 18 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.36% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 55.23% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
Summary
Franco-Nevada and Wheaton Precious Metals tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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