Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to WPM or NEM?

In the previous week, Newmont had 8 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Newmont and 7 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Newmont's score of 0.76 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Newmont	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WPM or NEM?

Newmont received 526 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.28% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 382 61.61%	Underperform Votes 238 38.39%
Newmont	Outperform Votes 908 63.28%	Underperform Votes 527 36.72%

Do analysts recommend WPM or NEM?

Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of $57.39, indicating a potential upside of 3.22%. Newmont has a consensus price target of $48.36, indicating a potential upside of 13.78%. 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
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Newmont	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WPM or NEM?

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

Is WPM or NEM a better dividend stock?

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmont pays out -37.5% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, WPM or NEM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WPM or NEM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 53.74% compared to Newmont's net margin of -20.19%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.53% beat Newmont's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	53.74%	8.53%	8.47%
Newmont	-20.19%	6.88%	3.57%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WPM or NEM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.02B	24.81	$537.64M	$1.30	42.77
Newmont	$11.81B	4.15	-$2.49B	-$2.67	-15.92

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Newmont on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.