Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

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

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	£19.85B	2.29	£2.22B	£0.55	1,688.36
Wheaton Precious Metals	£1.13B	19.31	£571.16M	£0.96	5,010.42

Do institutionals and insiders 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NG or WPM?

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
National Grid	Outperform Votes 19 70.37%	Underperform Votes 8 29.63%
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is NG or WPM 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
National Grid	11.54%	7.46%	3.66%
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.44%	8.16%	5.35%

Does the media prefer NG or WPM?

In the previous week, National Grid had 2 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for National Grid and 1 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat National Grid's score of 0.22 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	1 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	1 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 a better dividend stock?

National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, NG or WPM?

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

Do analysts rate NG or WPM?

National Grid presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,181.25, indicating a potential upside of 27.21%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of GBX 5,200, indicating a potential upside of 8.11%. 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
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.