Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors $82.08 +4.18 (+5.36%) Closing price 04/11/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$82.62 +0.54 (+0.66%) As of 04/11/2025 07:57 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, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, AGI, HMY, PAAS, OR, and BTGShould 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), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and B2Gold (BTG). 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 Harmony Gold Mining Pan American Silver Osisko Gold Royalties B2Gold Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) and Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability. Which has more volatility & risk, WPM or AEM? Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to WPM or AEM? In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 15 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 23 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.09 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Wheaton Precious Metals 22 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Agnico Eagle Mines 27 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate WPM or AEM? Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus target price of $75.60, suggesting a potential downside of 7.89%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $111.90, suggesting a potential downside of 4.95%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' higher probable upside, 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 Wheaton Precious Metals 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Agnico Eagle Mines 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WPM or AEM? Agnico Eagle Mines received 260 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.23% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformWheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes39762.23% Underperform Votes24137.77% Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes65758.09% Underperform Votes47441.91% Is WPM or AEM a better dividend stock? Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 42.3% 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. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WPM or AEM? 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has higher earnings & valuation, WPM or AEM? 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 RatioWheaton Precious Metals$1.28B28.99$537.64M$1.1670.76Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B7.15$1.90B$3.7831.14 Is WPM or AEM 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 Wheaton Precious Metals50.05% 8.85% 8.74% Agnico Eagle Mines 22.88%10.45%7.18% SummaryAgnico Eagle Mines beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads 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$37.24B$4.86B$2.94B$18.30BDividend Yield0.85%2.01%5.24%4.23%P/E Ratio61.2524.8273.1130.73Price / Sales28.9910.2724,391,232,012,654,800.0025.98Price / Cash42.3121.1124.3817.54Price / Book5.323.165.184.25Net Income$537.64M$36.57M$155.55M$1.02B7 Day Performance16.03%15.42%5.97%3.00%1 Month Performance11.18%6.34%0.62%-7.85%1 Year Performance58.45%34.68%12.59%-1.30% Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WPMWheaton Precious Metals3.9685 of 5 stars$82.08+5.4%$75.60-7.9%+58.4%$37.24B$1.28B61.2540Analyst ForecastPositive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeAEMAgnico Eagle Mines4.0654 of 5 stars$99.62+0.1%$108.00+8.4%+91.6%$50.11B$8.29B26.3515,875Analyst ForecastOptions VolumePositive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeFNVFranco-Nevada2.9601 of 5 stars$145.39+0.3%$157.88+8.6%+40.7%$28.00B$1.11B-46.0140Analyst ForecastPositive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeGFIGold Fields3.4618 of 5 stars$20.40+2.3%$17.20-15.7%+34.9%$18.26B$5.20B8.682,610Options VolumeGap UpHigh Trading VolumeKGCKinross Gold3.572 of 5 stars$11.98+1.6%$12.30+2.7%+124.7%$14.73B$5.15B15.5537,369Gap UpAUAngloGold Ashanti2.399 of 5 stars$33.31-0.7%$35.25+5.8%+79.6%$13.98B$5.79B10.4112,227Positive NewsGap UpAGIAlamos Gold2.4904 of 5 stars$24.51-0.1%$26.81+9.4%+91.9%$10.30B$1.35B35.521,867Gap UpHMYHarmony Gold Mining3.1085 of 5 stars$12.93-0.5%$8.40-35.0%+88.4%$8.21B$67.11B7.6543,667Ex-DividendPositive NewsGap UpPAASPan American Silver1.9223 of 5 stars$21.88+1.8%$27.92+27.6%+35.0%$7.92B$2.82B68.3813,000News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpOROsisko Gold Royalties1.8221 of 5 stars$19.47-1.7%$22.33+14.7%+38.6%$3.64B$191.16M216.3730Gap UpBTGB2Gold3.8287 of 5 stars$2.64-0.4%$4.21+59.6%N/A$3.48B$1.90B-5.504,690Options VolumePositive NewsGap UpHigh Trading Volume Remove Ads 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 Harmony Gold Mining Competitors Pan American Silver Competitors Osisko Gold Royalties Competitors B2Gold 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 4/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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