Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors $74.96 -0.04 (-0.06%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$74.94 -0.02 (-0.02%) As of 07:55 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, PAAS, HMY, BTG, 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), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), B2Gold (BTG), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR). 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 B2Gold Osisko Gold Royalties 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 institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations. Do analysts prefer WPM or AEM? Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus target price of $72.44, suggesting a potential downside of 3.35%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of $95.78, suggesting a potential downside of 8.06%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Wheaton Precious Metals 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.10Agnico Eagle Mines 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has better valuation and earnings, 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$1.28B26.47$537.64M$1.1664.62Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B6.32$1.90B$3.7827.56 Does the MarketBeat Community favor WPM or AEM? Agnico Eagle Mines received 257 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.20% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformWheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes39562.20% Underperform Votes24037.80% Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes65258.01% Underperform Votes47241.99% Does the media refer more to WPM or AEM? In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 31 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 15 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.78 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 15 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 20 Very Positive mention(s) 8 Positive mention(s) 7 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals and insiders believe in WPM or AEM? 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. 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 0.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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. 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% Which has more volatility & risk, WPM or AEM? Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. SummaryWheaton Precious Metals and Agnico Eagle Mines tied by winning 10 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$34.01B$4.31B$3.13B$19.80BDividend Yield0.82%1.83%5.14%3.75%P/E Ratio55.9424.2795.7534.13Price / Sales26.479.9425,591,212,775,417,300.0028.91Price / Cash42.3121.1524.3417.54Price / Book4.863.065.164.65Net Income$537.64M$36.41M$153.88M$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.33%1.19%0.37%0.95%1 Month Performance8.84%10.40%3.50%-1.13%1 Year Performance66.98%47.62%29.49%7.34% Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WPMWheaton Precious Metals3.9329 of 5 stars$74.96-0.1%$72.44-3.4%+67.1%$34.01B$1.28B55.9440Positive NewsAEMAgnico Eagle Mines3.8071 of 5 stars$105.46+1.8%$95.78-9.2%+87.5%$53.04B$8.29B27.9015,875Analyst RevisionFNVFranco-Nevada3.4053 of 5 stars$154.26+0.6%$153.63-0.4%+36.3%$29.70B$1.11B-48.8240Analyst RevisionPositive NewsGFIGold Fields3.0639 of 5 stars$20.67+2.4%$17.20-16.8%+42.6%$18.50B$4.36B8.806,297Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageGap DownKGCKinross Gold3.8719 of 5 stars$12.01+3.3%$11.63-3.2%+115.3%$14.77B$5.15B15.6037,369Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionAUAngloGold Ashanti2.5067 of 5 stars$32.96+2.3%$34.00+3.2%+68.1%$13.83B$5.79B10.3012,227Analyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsAGIAlamos Gold2.3057 of 5 stars$25.86+2.8%$26.06+0.8%+93.0%$10.87B$1.35B37.471,867Analyst RevisionPAASPan American Silver2.9558 of 5 stars$26.70+3.5%$27.92+4.6%+85.9%$9.67B$2.82B83.429,900Positive NewsHMYHarmony Gold Mining3.1087 of 5 stars$12.31+1.6%$8.40-31.7%+64.7%$7.81B$67.11B7.2843,667Positive NewsBTGB2Gold2.8055 of 5 stars$3.23+9.1%$4.02+24.4%N/A$4.26B$1.90B-6.734,690High Trading VolumeOROsisko Gold Royalties2.7817 of 5 stars$20.19+2.2%$22.67+12.3%+30.0%$3.77B$191.16M224.2830Analyst RevisionPositive News 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 Pan American Silver Competitors Harmony Gold Mining Competitors B2Gold Competitors Osisko Gold 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 3/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersEx CIA predicts 40% “double crash” – April 11The scientists here don’t study deadly viruses… directed energy weapons… or even weather control technology… ...Paradigm Press | SponsoredA brutally honest economic warning for 2025 (see proof)New York Times best-selling financial author and world-renowned economist Addison Wiggin (a man who’s worked s...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredMusk’s real agenda in D.C. 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