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Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

C$82.38 +0.26 (+0.32%)
(As of 01:09 PM ET)

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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Agnico Eagle Mines received 491 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 44.44% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes
8
44.44%
Underperform Votes
10
55.56%
Agnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes
499
60.41%
Underperform Votes
327
39.59%

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious MetalsC$1.13B33.06C$571.16MC$1.7347.60
Agnico Eagle MinesC$7.31B7.70C$619.95MC$1.6070.24

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 135.6% 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 50.44% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 8.49%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.16% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals50.44% 8.16% 5.35%
Agnico Eagle Mines 8.49%3.10%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.

Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$97.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.60%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus price target of C$116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals and Wheaton Precious Metals both had 1 articles in the media. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.64 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
1 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WPM vs. The Competition

MetricWheaton Precious MetalsGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$37.36BC$1.46BC$2.85BC$6.05B
Dividend Yield0.97%5.98%5.05%5.39%
P/E Ratio47.60143.67109.1025.65
Price / Sales33.063,269.12894,804.171,390.30
Price / CashN/A21.9024.4882.18
Price / Book5.224.603.443.10
Net IncomeC$571.16MC$3.42MC$153.09MC$294.33M
7 Day Performance-3.77%-2.03%-2.25%-1.81%
1 Month Performance-7.67%-4.24%1.30%-0.72%
1 Year PerformanceN/A62.83%17.30%33.79%

Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.1481 of 5 stars
C$82.38
+0.3%
C$97.67
+18.6%
N/AC$37.37BC$1.13B47.6240Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
1.2302 of 5 stars
C$117.78
-1.2%
C$116.00
-1.5%
+53.3%C$59.01BC$7.31B74.5111,800
ABX
Barrick Gold
3.5358 of 5 stars
C$23.31
-2.5%
C$31.00
+33.0%
-7.9%C$40.79BC$11.83B20.0821,300Analyst Forecast
FNV
Franco-Nevada
1.2806 of 5 stars
C$169.98
-0.1%
C$190.80
+12.2%
+13.1%C$32.71BC$1.12B-40.5940Analyst Revision
News Coverage
IAG
iA Financial
1.6222 of 5 stars
C$133.74
+0.1%
C$129.75
-3.0%
+46.3%C$12.72BC$8.42B17.885,360
AGI
Alamos Gold
1.861 of 5 stars
C$27.21
-0.1%
C$26.50
-2.6%
+42.2%C$11.42BC$1.12B40.042,400
PAAS
Pan American Silver
1.7253 of 5 stars
C$31.39
-0.7%
C$44.25
+41.0%
+33.4%C$11.39BC$2.57B-56.4513,000
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AC$7.89
+0.1%
N/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.7239 of 5 stars
C$27.01
-0.4%
C$30.25
+12.0%
+34.1%C$5.03BC$252.83M-54.2430
IMG
IAMGOLD
2.6802 of 5 stars
C$7.58
-0.3%
C$7.29
-3.8%
+112.5%C$4.32BC$1.25B23.755,360Analyst Revision
EQX
Equinox Gold
N/AC$7.79
-1.1%
N/A+10.5%C$3.53BC$1.09B9.737,730

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This page (TSE:WPM) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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