Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

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

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 5.3%. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WPM or NG?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, WPM or NG?

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

Does the media prefer WPM or NG?

In the previous week, National Grid had 10 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 10 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

Do analysts prefer WPM or NG?

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,900, suggesting a potential downside of 3.28%. National Grid has a consensus price target of GBX 1,131.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.76%. Given National Grid's higher possible 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

Which has higher valuation and 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	22.73	£754.42M	£108.55	56.20
National Grid	£25.99B	2.02	£3.00B	£60.87	17.58

Summary

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