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Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

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$62.96 +0.38 (+0.61%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

WPM vs. NEM, AEM, GOLD, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, PAAS, AGI, and HMY

Should you be buying Wheaton Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wheaton Precious Metals include Newmont (NEM), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), and Harmony Gold Mining (HMY). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.

Wheaton Precious Metals vs.

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

68.9% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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.

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%

Newmont received 530 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.35% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NewmontOutperform Votes
923
63.35%
Underperform Votes
534
36.65%
Wheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes
393
62.09%
Underperform Votes
240
37.91%

Newmont has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less 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.

In the previous week, Newmont had 1 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Newmont and 20 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 0.58 indicating that Newmont is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Newmont
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals
8 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 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Newmont$11.81B4.14-$2.49B-$1.52-28.28
Wheaton Precious Metals$1.02B28.11$537.64M$1.3446.99

Newmont currently has a consensus price target of $54.14, suggesting a potential upside of 25.96%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $71.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.82%. Given Newmont's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Newmont is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Newmont
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Wheaton Precious Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

Summary

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

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WPM vs. The Competition

MetricWheaton Precious MetalsGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.56B$3.69B$2.83B$19.88B
Dividend Yield1.06%2.01%5.23%3.54%
P/E Ratio46.9912.11118.7142.92
Price / Sales28.118.28581,363.9418.13
Price / Cash35.4917.2723.4517.85
Price / Book4.082.503.465.52
Net Income$537.64M$1.25M$150.08M$985.93M
7 Day Performance6.63%3.16%0.42%-0.22%
1 Month Performance-5.30%-13.21%-5.58%0.12%
1 Year Performance37.24%40.22%27.65%23.70%

Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.5286 of 5 stars
$62.97
+0.6%
$71.67
+13.8%
+37.2%$28.39B$1.02B46.9942Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NEM
Newmont
4.9149 of 5 stars
$42.99
-0.5%
$54.85
+27.6%
+17.6%$49.16B$11.81B0.0021,700Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.1172 of 5 stars
$82.82
+0.4%
$86.78
+4.8%
+70.4%$41.58B$6.63B41.4115,875Positive News
GOLD
Barrick Gold
4.9863 of 5 stars
$17.90
+1.0%
$23.90
+33.5%
+13.2%$30.98B$12.34B19.2524,600Options Volume
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.6458 of 5 stars
$121.49
+0.2%
$148.86
+22.5%
+3.1%$23.34B$1.22B0.0040Analyst Upgrade
GFI
Gold Fields
2.4412 of 5 stars
$14.94
-0.3%
$15.93
+6.6%
+14.2%$13.37B$4.50B0.006,297
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.2516 of 5 stars
$9.97
-0.3%
$10.00
+0.3%
+87.4%$12.29B$4.24B16.346,600Positive News
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.6487 of 5 stars
$24.54
-2.4%
$33.67
+37.2%
+44.3%$10.56B$4.58B0.0012,227High Trading Volume
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.1083 of 5 stars
$22.42
-1.5%
$25.42
+13.4%
+57.2%$8.26B$2.32B0.009,900Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
AGI
Alamos Gold
4.6994 of 5 stars
$18.72
-0.4%
$25.06
+33.9%
+45.2%$7.86B$1.02B31.331,867
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
2.2427 of 5 stars
$9.51
-0.9%
$8.40
-11.6%
+72.5%$6.09B$3.31B0.0043,667Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NYSE:WPM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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