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Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

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GBX 6,012.49 -7.51 (-0.12%)
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WPM vs. NG, IAG, AUY, BTG, SFR, TRX, NAK, EGI, IMG, and EDG

Should you be buying Wheaton Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wheaton Precious Metals include National Grid (NG), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Yamana Gold (AUY), BTG (BTG), Severfield (SFR), Tissue Regenix Group (TRX), Nakama Group plc (NAK.L) (NAK), (EGI.L) (EGI), 532753 (IMG.L) (IMG), and 651814 (EDG.L) (EDG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Wheaton Precious Metals vs.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes
9
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
National GridOutperform Votes
19
70.37%
Underperform Votes
8
29.63%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious Metals£1.51B22.40£754.42M£108.5555.39
National Grid£25.99B1.90£3.00B£60.8716.56

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

In the previous week, National Grid had 3 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for National Grid and 2 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat National Grid's score of -0.19 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
National Grid
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,900, indicating a potential downside of 1.87%. National Grid has a consensus target price of GBX 1,181.25, indicating a potential upside of 17.19%. 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

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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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
Wheaton Precious Metals50.05% 8.56% 5.35%
National Grid 11.54%7.72%3.66%

Summary

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

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WPM vs. The Competition

MetricWheaton Precious MetalsGold IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£33.76B£1.45B£3.00B£2.51B
Dividend Yield0.89%5.99%5.14%4.90%
P/E Ratio55.39360.1876.90134.64
Price / Sales22.40183,988,182,215,266,000.0024,351,377,058,405,500.00261,055.27
Price / CashN/A21.9724.3327.90
Price / Book3.765.425.004.46
Net Income£754.42M£8.80M£153.99M£5.77B
7 Day Performance1.50%-0.06%-1.39%-1.84%
1 Month Performance9.24%6.58%5.20%-2.63%
1 Year Performance51.03%32.89%15.22%103.94%

Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
1.3029 of 5 stars
GBX 6,012.49
-0.1%
GBX 5,900
-1.9%
+54.4%£33.76B£1.51B55.3942Positive News
NG
National Grid
1.7254 of 5 stars
GBX 981.80
-1.2%
GBX 1,181.25
+20.3%
N/A£48.20B£25.99B16.1310High Trading Volume
IAG
International Consolidated Airlines Group
3.4182 of 5 stars
GBX 297.20
+3.2%
GBX 320
+7.7%
+50.0%£17.56B£37.71B6.285,360Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AUY
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.57B£1.81B-572.2911,600
BTG
BTG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.26B£914.10M29.474,690
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 22.90
-4.2%
N/A-63.3%£66.87M£444.13M4.361,900Dividend Cut
Gap Up
TRX
Tissue Regenix Group
N/AGBX 35.33
-3.2%
N/A-37.9%£31.85M£31.98M-36.47120Gap Down
NAK
Nakama Group plc (NAK.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.44M£8.09M-6.1353Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EGI
(EGI.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.006Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IMG
532753 (IMG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.005,360High Trading Volume
EDG
651814 (EDG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.002,610
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This page (LON:WPM) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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