WPM vs. FNV, GOLD, AEM, GFI, AU, KGC, PAAS, NEM, TECK, and CCJ
Should you be buying Wheaton Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wheaton Precious Metals include Franco-Nevada (FNV), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Newmont (NEM), Teck Resources (TECK), and Cameco (CCJ). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Wheaton Precious Metals has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Franco-Nevada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Franco-Nevada currently has a consensus price target of $148.60, suggesting a potential upside of 18.15%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $54.30, suggesting a potential downside of 2.74%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.
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.
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.
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. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 1.16 indicating that Franco-Nevada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 53.74% compared to Wheaton Precious Metals' net margin of -39.88%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 10.81% beat Franco-Nevada's return on equity.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Franco-Nevada and Wheaton Precious Metals tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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