Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (TSE:WPM - Free Report) - Research analysts at Scotiabank raised their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Wheaton Precious Metals in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, August 19th. Scotiabank analyst T. Jakusconek now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $6.67 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $6.66. The consensus estimate for Wheaton Precious Metals' current full-year earnings is $2.47 per share.
WPM has been the topic of several other reports. National Bank Financial upped their price target on shares of Wheaton Precious Metals from C$205.00 to C$210.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Peel Hunt dropped their price objective on shares of Wheaton Precious Metals from C$220.00 to C$187.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and seven have issued a Buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Wheaton Precious Metals has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of C$194.62.
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Wheaton Precious Metals Stock Performance
WPM opened at C$207.16 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$166.21 and a 200-day moving average of C$180.30. The company has a market capitalization of C$94.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.95 and a beta of 1.39. Wheaton Precious Metals has a fifty-two week low of C$128.83 and a fifty-two week high of C$226.68.
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported C$1.69 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of C$1.32 billion for the quarter. Wheaton Precious Metals had a return on equity of 22.96% and a net margin of 64.66%.
Insider Transactions at Wheaton Precious Metals
In other Wheaton Precious Metals news, insider Nikola Tatarkin sold 3,733 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$189.00, for a total transaction of C$705,537.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 30,756 shares in the company, valued at C$5,812,884. This represents a 10.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 0.13% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Wheaton Precious Metals Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, September 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.195 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 20th. This represents a $0.78 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. Wheaton Precious Metals's dividend payout ratio is currently 15.97%.
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Wheaton is the world's premier precious metals streaming company with the highest-quality portfolio of long-life, low-cost assets. Its business model offers investors commodity price leverage and exploration upside but with a much lower risk profile than a traditional mining company. Wheaton delivers amongst the highest cash operating margins in the mining industry, allowing it to pay a competitive dividend and continue to grow through accretive acquisitions. Wheaton is committed to strong ESG practices and giving back to the communities where Wheaton and its mining partners operate.
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