National Grid (NG) Competitors

Wheaton Precious Metals (LON:WPM) and National Grid (LON:NG) 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 dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.

Is WPM or NG a better dividend stock?

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Grid pays out 93.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, WPM or NG?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Grid has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WPM or NG?

69.8% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.4% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of National Grid shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is WPM or NG more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to National Grid's net margin of 11.54%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat National Grid's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%
National Grid	11.54%	7.72%	3.66%

Do analysts recommend WPM or NG?

Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,900, suggesting a potential downside of 4.84%. National Grid has a consensus price target of GBX 1,131.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.06%. Given National Grid's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Grid 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
National Grid	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WPM or NG?

National Grid received 10 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 70.37% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
National Grid	Outperform Votes 19 70.37%	Underperform Votes 8 29.63%

Does the media favor WPM or NG?

In the previous week, National Grid had 11 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for National Grid and 0 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat National Grid's score of 0.16 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals	Positive
National Grid	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, WPM or NG?

National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. National Grid 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	£1.51B	23.10	£754.42M	£108.55	57.12
National Grid	£25.99B	2.05	£3.00B	£60.87	17.87

Summary

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