National Grid (NG) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NG or WPM?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, NG or WPM?

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

Do analysts recommend NG or WPM?

National Grid presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,135, suggesting a potential upside of 8.61%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of GBX 7,200, suggesting a potential upside of 10.09%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than National Grid.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Grid	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 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

Does the media prefer NG or WPM?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 1 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 4 mentions for National Grid. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat National Grid's score of 0.24 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Grid	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wheaton Precious Metals	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 & 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	1.97	£3.00B	£60.87	17.17
Wheaton Precious Metals	£1.51B	24.36	£754.42M	£108.55	60.25

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 5.5%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats National Grid on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.