Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors $92.11 +0.60 (+0.66%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$91.94 -0.17 (-0.19%) As of 08/1/2025 07:56 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock WPM vs. AEM, B, FNV, GFI, AU, KGC, PAAS, AGI, HMY, and ORShould you be buying Wheaton Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wheaton Precious Metals include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Mining (B), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), and OR Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry. Wheaton Precious Metals vs. Its Competitors Agnico Eagle Mines Barrick Mining Franco-Nevada Gold Fields AngloGold Ashanti Kinross Gold Pan American Silver Alamos Gold Harmony Gold Mining OR Royalties Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership. Does the media prefer AEM or WPM? In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 12 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 21 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.05 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 Agnico Eagle Mines 18 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Wheaton Precious Metals 17 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do analysts rate AEM or WPM? Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of $136.90, suggesting a potential upside of 9.34%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $93.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.97%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Agnico Eagle Mines 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 5 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.21Wheaton Precious Metals 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.08 Is AEM or WPM more profitable? Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 42.45% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 30.63%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 13.79% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Agnico Eagle Mines30.63% 13.79% 9.66% Wheaton Precious Metals 42.45%10.32%10.10% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AEM or WPM? 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has higher earnings & valuation, AEM or WPM? Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. Agnico Eagle Mines 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 RatioAgnico Eagle Mines$8.29B7.60$1.90B$4.7026.64Wheaton Precious Metals$1.28B32.55$529.14M$1.3667.73 Which has more volatility and risk, AEM or WPM? Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is AEM or WPM a better dividend stock? Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% 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. Wheaton Precious Metals has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Agnico Eagle Mines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. SummaryAgnico Eagle Mines beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Wheaton Precious Metals News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WPM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WPM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WPM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWheaton Precious MetalsMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$41.54B$5.88B$3.17B$20.65BDividend Yield0.72%2.08%5.19%3.67%P/E Ratio67.7323.28117.7729.03Price / Sales32.55463.8430,017,513,221,196,900.0066.13Price / Cash46.7326.3023.7822.84Price / Book5.767.555.884.43Net Income$529.14M$275.25M$148.55M$994.22M7 Day Performance-2.02%-7.49%-3.24%-3.39%1 Month Performance2.65%3.95%1.42%-2.09%1 Year Performance59.72%41.20%28.80%10.09% Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WPMWheaton Precious Metals3.6305 of 5 stars$92.11+0.7%$93.00+1.0%+57.5%$41.54B$1.28B67.7340News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst RevisionGap UpAEMAgnico Eagle Mines4.3715 of 5 stars$122.69+4.2%$136.90+11.6%+64.6%$59.19B$8.29B23.5516,968Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst RevisionGap UpBBarrick Mining3.6395 of 5 stars$21.34+2.9%$24.41+14.4%+17.1%$35.37B$12.92B14.4026,800Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeFNVFranco-Nevada3.6635 of 5 stars$156.00+1.0%$172.13+10.3%+27.2%$30.05B$1.11B48.7540Positive NewsGap UpGFIGold Fields3.8136 of 5 stars$25.43+5.0%$19.70-22.5%+50.8%$22.76B$5.20B10.826,560Positive NewsGap UpAUAngloGold Ashanti2.4081 of 5 stars$50.63+6.2%$45.08-11.0%+75.8%$20.00B$5.79B16.2712,634Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap UpKGCKinross Gold4.7492 of 5 stars$15.95+4.0%$18.00+12.9%+77.0%$19.56B$5.56B16.276,800News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionPAASPan American Silver3.8963 of 5 stars$29.49+5.0%$31.40+6.5%+22.3%$10.67B$2.82B33.909,000News CoveragePositive NewsAGIAlamos Gold3.5973 of 5 stars$25.74+3.4%$30.38+18.0%+42.9%$10.46B$1.35B30.352,400Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeGap UpHMYHarmony Gold Mining3.6344 of 5 stars$14.98+7.4%$12.20-18.5%+48.5%$9.51B$3.31B8.8643,667Positive NewsGap UpOROR Royalties1.7232 of 5 stars$27.84+1.6%$24.33-12.6%+62.0%$5.24B$191.16M163.7430Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors Barrick Mining Competitors Franco-Nevada Competitors Gold Fields Competitors AngloGold Ashanti Competitors Kinross Gold Competitors Pan American Silver Competitors Alamos Gold Competitors Harmony Gold Mining Competitors OR Royalties Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:WPM) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredMan Who Called Nvidia at $1.10 Says Buy This Now...In 2004, one man called Nvidia before just about anyone knew it existed. 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