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Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

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C$116.36 -1.25 (-1.06%)
As of 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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 dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 2 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 7 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.50 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Agnico Eagle Mines
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals50.05% 8.56% 5.35%
Agnico Eagle Mines 12.86%5.05%3.80%

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Agnico Eagle Mines received 489 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.58% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes
15
60.00%
Underperform Votes
10
40.00%
Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes
504
60.58%
Underperform Votes
328
39.42%

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 Ratio
Wheaton Precious MetalsC$851.18M43.35C$426.03MC$1.9260.55
Agnico Eagle MinesC$5.52B10.79C$709.54MC$2.8559.16

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$100.43, suggesting a potential downside of 13.69%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of C$130.50, suggesting a potential downside of 22.50%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)
6 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.40
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WPM vs. The Competition

MetricWheaton Precious MetalsGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$36.90BC$1.57BC$2.97BC$5.52B
Dividend Yield0.87%5.99%5.22%6.83%
P/E Ratio60.55365.3675.8429.92
Price / Sales43.35174,304,593,677,619,000.0023,069,725,634,249,600.00567.99
Price / CashN/A21.9724.3383.20
Price / Book7.275.675.223.53
Net IncomeC$426.03MC$8.80MC$155.25MC$300.83M
1 Month Performance6.59%8.32%1.47%-3.70%
1 Year Performance60.76%31.50%16.39%11.14%

Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
2.0259 of 5 stars
C$116.36
-1.1%
C$100.43
-13.7%
+60.4%C$36.90BC$851.18M60.5540Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
1.8983 of 5 stars
C$143.57
+1.2%
C$128.71
-10.3%
+92.7%C$50.76BC$5.52B50.4411,800Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
ABX
Barrick Gold
3.5023 of 5 stars
C$25.39
+1.1%
C$32.50
+28.0%
+19.6%C$30.86BC$8.51B19.1221,300Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Down
FNV
Franco-Nevada
0.7125 of 5 stars
C$205.24
-0.9%
C$194.10
-5.4%
+41.4%C$27.85BC$769.64M-44.3240Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
IAG
iA Financial
2.5781 of 5 stars
C$120.79
-1.0%
C$140.75
+16.5%
+54.9%C$11.33BC$14.46B11.515,360Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AGI
Alamos Gold
0.958 of 5 stars
C$35.27
+0.9%
C$37.25
+5.6%
+97.3%C$10.43BC$879.15M41.992,400Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
PAAS
Pan American Silver
1.5741 of 5 stars
C$31.24
+0.4%
C$52.50
+68.1%
+43.3%C$7.97BC$1.88B-167.4913,000Gap Down
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.5918 of 5 stars
C$27.72
-0.1%
C$31.06
+12.1%
+45.1%C$5.18BC$248.46M-94.1730Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Down
IMG
IAMGOLD
2.095 of 5 stars
C$8.34
+3.3%
C$9.05
+8.5%
+115.7%C$3.39BC$1.12B4.335,360Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$8.25
+0.6%
N/A+20.0%C$2.65BC$1.08B8.757,730News Coverage
Gap Down

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