National Grid (NG) Competitors

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

Is NG or WPM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to National Grid's net margin of 11.54%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat National Grid's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Grid	11.54%	7.72%	3.66%
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%

Which has better valuation and earnings, NG or WPM?

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
National Grid	£25.99B	1.91	£3.00B	£60.87	16.59
Wheaton Precious Metals	£1.51B	22.09	£754.42M	£108.55	54.62

Is NG or WPM a better dividend stock?

National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. National Grid pays out 93.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NG or WPM?

National Grid received 10 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
National Grid	Outperform Votes 19 70.37%	Underperform Votes 8 29.63%
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media favor NG or WPM?

In the previous week, National Grid had 7 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for National Grid and 0 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat National Grid's score of -0.10 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
National Grid	Neutral
Wheaton Precious Metals	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, NG or WPM?

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NG or WPM?

59.4% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of National Grid shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend NG or WPM?

National Grid presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,181.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.01%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of GBX 5,900, suggesting a potential downside of 0.48%. Given National Grid's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe National Grid is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

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

Summary

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