Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors $68.65 -1.30 (-1.86%) As of 02:06 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends WPM vs. AEM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, AGI, PAAS, HMY, OR, and IAGShould you be buying Wheaton Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wheaton Precious Metals include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and IAMGOLD (IAG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry. Wheaton Precious Metals vs. Agnico Eagle Mines Franco-Nevada Gold Fields Kinross Gold AngloGold Ashanti Alamos Gold Pan American Silver Harmony Gold Mining Osisko Gold Royalties IAMGOLD Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking. Does the media prefer AEM or WPM? In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 22 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 10 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.51 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 11 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Wheaton Precious Metals 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is AEM or WPM more profitable? Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 22.88%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 10.45% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Agnico Eagle Mines22.88% 10.45% 7.18% Wheaton Precious Metals 50.05%8.85%8.74% Which has more risk and volatility, AEM or WPM? Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate AEM or WPM? Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of $94.63, suggesting a potential downside of 3.45%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $71.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.53%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Agnico Eagle Mines 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.86Wheaton Precious Metals 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.10 Does the MarketBeat Community favor AEM or WPM? Agnico Eagle Mines received 256 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.15% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 57.98% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAgnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes65057.98% Underperform Votes47142.02% Wheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes39462.15% Underperform Votes24037.85% Do institutionals and insiders believe in AEM or WPM? 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has higher earnings and 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$8.29B5.95$1.90B$3.7825.93Wheaton Precious Metals$1.22B26.05$537.64M$1.3452.16 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 1.6%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 46.3% 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. Agnico Eagle Mines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. SummaryWheaton Precious Metals beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 11 of the 21 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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 MetalsGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$31.71B$4.02B$3.16B$20.28BDividend Yield0.92%1.86%5.17%3.66%P/E Ratio52.1614.17100.1949.36Price / Sales26.0510.4825,886,820,843,784,400.0016.06Price / Cash41.5722.0124.3820.99Price / Book4.532.904.955.22Net Income$537.64M$18.92M$151.94M$1.02B7 Day Performance3.43%0.85%0.34%0.77%1 Month Performance17.50%8.90%3.25%0.45%1 Year Performance71.58%61.31%34.35%16.41% Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WPMWheaton Precious Metals3.6426 of 5 stars$68.65-1.9%$71.67+4.4%+58.1%$31.17B$1.02B51.2740Analyst RevisionAEMAgnico Eagle Mines3.4199 of 5 stars$95.75-5.0%$92.75-3.1%+101.6%$48.09B$6.63B47.8715,875Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionHigh Trading VolumeFNVFranco-Nevada3.0045 of 5 stars$138.37-3.9%$146.71+6.0%+31.1%$26.64B$1.22B-43.7940Positive NewsGFIGold Fields2.8878 of 5 stars$18.86-2.7%$16.45-12.8%+40.8%$16.88B$4.50B0.006,297Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageKGCKinross Gold3.8713 of 5 stars$11.27-1.3%$11.63+3.2%+127.5%$13.85B$4.24B18.476,600Analyst RevisionAUAngloGold Ashanti1.9286 of 5 stars$32.15-3.3%$31.75-1.3%+80.3%$13.50B$4.58B0.0012,227Earnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoverageGap DownAGIAlamos Gold3.9001 of 5 stars$22.28-3.4%$26.06+17.0%+97.9%$9.37B$1.02B37.141,867Earnings ReportNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumePAASPan American Silver3.4113 of 5 stars$24.43-2.6%$25.92+6.1%+96.7%$8.87B$2.32B-143.679,900Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementNews CoverageHMYHarmony Gold Mining2.2235 of 5 stars$11.43-4.3%$8.40-26.5%+108.8%$7.25B$3.31B0.0043,667Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsGap DownOROsisko Gold Royalties3.835 of 5 stars$19.68-3.7%$23.00+16.9%+34.9%$3.67B$183.20M-93.7030Earnings ReportDividend CutAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageIAGIAMGOLD3.5218 of 5 stars$6.34-3.0%$6.57+3.5%+145.7%$3.62B$987.10M4.964,341Earnings ReportNews CoverageGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors Franco-Nevada Competitors Gold Fields Competitors Kinross Gold Competitors AngloGold Ashanti Competitors Alamos Gold Competitors Pan American Silver Competitors Harmony Gold Mining Competitors Osisko Gold Royalties Competitors IAMGOLD Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:WPM) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNVDA Crash UpdateAn overseas AI rival sent shockwaves through the U.S. tech market last week... 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