National Grid (NG) Competitors

Wheaton Precious Metals (LON:WPM) and National Grid (LON:NG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Is WPM or NG a better dividend stock?

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 4,895.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Grid pays out 10,363.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WPM or NG?

National Grid received 12 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 70.37% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
National Grid	Outperform Votes 19 70.37%	Underperform Votes 8 29.63%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WPM or NG?

69.8% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.4% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of National Grid shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer WPM or NG?

In the previous week, National Grid had 5 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for National Grid and 0 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat National Grid's score of -0.17 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals	Positive
National Grid	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WPM or NG?

National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. National Grid 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious Metals	£1.13B	18.95	£571.16M	£0.96	4,916.67
National Grid	£19.85B	2.31	£2.22B	£0.55	1,702.91

Do analysts recommend WPM or NG?

Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,200, indicating a potential upside of 10.17%. National Grid has a consensus target price of GBX 1,181.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.12%. Given National Grid's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Grid is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
National Grid	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is WPM or NG more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.44% compared to National Grid's net margin of 11.54%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.16% beat National Grid's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.44%	8.16%	5.35%
National Grid	11.54%	7.46%	3.66%

Which has more risk & volatility, WPM or NG?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Grid has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats National Grid on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.