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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do analysts recommend WPM or NG?

Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,200, suggesting a potential upside of 11.59%. National Grid has a consensus price target of GBX 1,181.25, suggesting a potential upside of 21.18%. Given National Grid's higher possible 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%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WPM or NG?

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

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 5.8%. 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 prefer 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%

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	18.71	£571.16M	£0.96	4,854.17
National Grid	£19.85B	2.40	£2.22B	£0.55	1,772.36

Does the media favor WPM or NG?

In the previous week, National Grid had 4 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for National Grid and 1 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat National Grid's score of 0.01 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Grid	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, WPM or NG?

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