Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wheaton Precious Metals 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 leverage to commodity prices 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. As a result, Wheaton has consistently outperformed gold and silver, as well as other mining investments. Wheaton is committed to strong ESG practices and giving back to the communities where Wheaton and its mining partners operate. Wheaton creates sustainable value through streaming.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 7,060 to 7,760
• 50-Day Range: 6,368.34 to 7,584.62
• 52-Week Range: 4,230 to 7,760
• Volume: 5,454 shs
• Average Volume: 3,224 shs
• Market Capitalization: £42.59 billion
• P/E Ratio: 69.88
• Dividend Yield: 0.62%
• Price Target: GBX 7,200
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Wheaton Precious Metals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wheaton Precious Metals scored higher than 27% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Wheaton Precious Metals has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Wheaton Precious Metals has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wheaton Precious Metals is 69.88, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.88.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wheaton Precious Metals is 69.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 109.83.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Wheaton Precious Metals has a P/B Ratio of 4.74. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WPM.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Wheaton Precious Metals has a dividend yield of 0.89%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Wheaton Precious Metals does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Wheaton Precious Metals is 43.30%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WPM.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.66

News Sentiment

Wheaton Precious Metals has a news sentiment score of 1.66. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.40 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Wheaton Precious Metals this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

44 people have searched for WPM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Wheaton Precious Metals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Wheaton Precious Metals insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.13% of the stock of Wheaton Precious Metals is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

69.83% of the stock of Wheaton Precious Metals is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

WPM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WPM shares performed this year?

Wheaton Precious Metals' stock was trading at GBX 4,460 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, WPM stock has increased by 70.1% and is now trading at GBX 7,584.62.

How do I buy shares of Wheaton Precious Metals?

Shares of WPM stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Wheaton Precious Metals own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Wheaton Precious Metals investors own include SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Andersons (ANDE), British American Tobacco (BTI), Copa (CPA), FREYR Battery (FREY) and CocaCola (KO).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Gold
• Sub-Industry: Precious Metals
• Current Symbol: LON:WPM
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.wheatonpm.com
• Phone: 604-684-9648
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 42
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Wheaton Precious Metals: GBX 7,200
• High Price Target: GBX 7,200
• Low Price Target: GBX 7,200
• Potential Upside/Downside: -5.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 108.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 69.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £754.42 million
• Net Margins: 50.05%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.56%
• Return on Assets: 5.35%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.08
• Current Ratio: 25.71
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.51 billion
• Price / Sales: 28.26
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: GBX 1,600.51 per share
• Price / Book: 4.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 561,527,761
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £42.59 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.70