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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	25.57	$537.64M	$1.30	44.08
Newmont	$11.81B	4.15	-$2.49B	-$2.67	-15.91

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%

Does the media refer more to WPM or NEM?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals and Wheaton Precious Metals both had 17 articles in the media. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Newmont's score of 0.52 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Newmont	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, WPM or NEM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 rate WPM or NEM?

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus price target of $57.39, indicating a potential upside of 0.82%. Newmont has a consensus price target of $48.36, indicating a potential upside of 13.97%. Given Newmont's higher possible 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 hold more shares of WPM or NEM?

70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments 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.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Newmont on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.