Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

Newmont (NYSE:NEM) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NEM or WPM?

68.8% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend NEM or WPM?

Newmont currently has a consensus price target of $54.31, suggesting a potential upside of 41.87%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $71.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.49%. Given Newmont's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Newmont is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Newmont	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Does the media favor NEM or WPM?

In the previous week, Newmont had 3 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Newmont and 7 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 0.93 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newmont	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NEM or WPM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newmont. Newmont 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
Newmont	$16.99B	2.57	-$2.49B	-$1.52	-25.18
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.22B	21.28	$537.64M	$1.34	42.62

Which has more risk and volatility, NEM or WPM?

Newmont has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NEM or WPM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Newmont's net margin of -7.03%. Newmont's return on equity of 9.80% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newmont	-7.03%	9.80%	5.18%
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.85%	8.74%

Is NEM or WPM a better dividend stock?

Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Newmont pays out -65.8% 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. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NEM or WPM?

Newmont received 531 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.33% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newmont	Outperform Votes 924 63.33%	Underperform Votes 535 36.67%
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 393 62.09%	Underperform Votes 240 37.91%

Summary

Newmont beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.