WPM vs. AEM, ABX, FNV, IAG, AGI, PAAS, YRI, OR, IMG, and EQX
Should you be buying Wheaton Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wheaton Precious Metals include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), and Equinox Gold (EQX). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Wheaton Precious Metals vs.
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
Agnico Eagle Mines received 490 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.41% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 12 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.16 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus target price of C$97.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.83%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of C$125.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.61%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 12.86%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.
69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Wheaton Precious Metals beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:WPM) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
