National Grid (NG) Competitors

National Grid (LON:NG) and Wheaton Precious Metals (LON:WPM) are both large-cap precious metals companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is NG or WPM 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
National Grid	11.54%	7.72%	3.66%
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NG or WPM?

59.4% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of National Grid shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NG or WPM?

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

Do analysts recommend NG or WPM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of GBX 9,600, suggesting a potential upside of 16.22%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than National Grid.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Grid	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NG or WPM?

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
National Grid	£25.99B	2.09	£3.00B	£60.87	18.16
Wheaton Precious Metals	£1.66B	22.56	£754.42M	£1.74	4,758.06

Is NG or WPM a better dividend stock?

National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to NG or WPM?

In the previous week, National Grid had 8 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for National Grid and 3 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat National Grid's score of 0.73 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Grid	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats National Grid on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.