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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NG or WPM?

National Grid received 11 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 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders and 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer NG or WPM?

National Grid presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,181.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.95%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of GBX 5,800, suggesting a potential upside of 4.95%. Given National Grid's higher probable upside, research 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

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 higher 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	1.80	£3.00B	£60.87	15.66
Wheaton Precious Metals	£1.51B	20.59	£754.42M	£108.55	50.91

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 6.0%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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 media prefer NG or WPM?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 2 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 2 mentions for National Grid. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat National Grid's score of -0.42 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wheaton Precious Metals	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats National Grid on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.