Sprott (SII) Competitors

Sprott (NYSE:SII) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is SII or WPM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 42.45% compared to Sprott's net margin of 27.53%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.34% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	27.53%	15.34%	12.47%
Wheaton Precious Metals	42.45%	10.32%	10.10%

Do analysts recommend SII or WPM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $93.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.44%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Sprott.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08

Is SII or WPM a better dividend stock?

Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Sprott pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 48.5% 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. Sprott has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Wheaton Precious Metals has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

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

28.3% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, SII or WPM?

Sprott has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SII or WPM?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 19 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 1 mentions for Sprott. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 1.64 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprott	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	17 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 preferable earnings & valuation, SII or WPM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. Sprott 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
Sprott	$178.65M	10.69	$49.29M	$1.92	38.54
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.28B	31.47	$529.14M	$1.36	65.48

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Sprott on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.