Harmony Gold Mining (HMY) Competitors

Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Is HMY or WPM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Harmony Gold Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.85% beat Harmony Gold Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harmony Gold Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.85%	8.74%

Do analysts prefer HMY or WPM?

Harmony Gold Mining currently has a consensus price target of $8.40, suggesting a potential downside of 50.82%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $76.40, suggesting a potential downside of 7.25%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Harmony Gold Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Harmony Gold Mining	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor HMY or WPM?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 13 more articles in the media than Harmony Gold Mining. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 9 mentions for Harmony Gold Mining. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Harmony Gold Mining's score of 1.23 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
Harmony Gold Mining	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HMY or WPM?

31.8% of Harmony Gold Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Harmony Gold Mining 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, HMY or WPM?

Harmony Gold Mining has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HMY or WPM a better dividend stock?

Harmony Gold Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Harmony Gold Mining pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Harmony Gold Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HMY or WPM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Harmony Gold Mining. Harmony Gold Mining 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
Harmony Gold Mining	$67.11B	0.16	$459.40M	$1.69	10.11
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.28B	29.09	$537.64M	$1.16	71.01

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HMY or WPM?

Wheaton Precious Metals received 95 more outperform votes than Harmony Gold Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.28% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 46.12% of users gave Harmony Gold Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Harmony Gold Mining	Outperform Votes 303 46.12%	Underperform Votes 354 53.88%
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 398 62.28%	Underperform Votes 241 37.72%

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Harmony Gold Mining on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.