Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) Competitors

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AEM or WPM?

Agnico Eagle Mines received 260 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.52% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 58.27% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Agnico Eagle Mines	Outperform Votes 662 58.27%	Underperform Votes 474 41.73%
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 402 62.52%	Underperform Votes 241 37.48%

Do analysts rate AEM or WPM?

Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of $124.40, indicating a potential upside of 11.98%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $83.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.17%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agnico Eagle Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08

Is AEM or WPM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 22.88%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 10.45% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines	22.88%	10.45%	7.18%
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.85%	8.74%

Does the media refer more to AEM or WPM?

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 27 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 15 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.97 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
Agnico Eagle Mines	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AEM or WPM?

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. Agnico Eagle Mines 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
Agnico Eagle Mines	$8.29B	6.75	$1.90B	$4.70	23.64
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.28B	28.55	$537.64M	$1.16	69.69

Which has more volatility & risk, AEM or WPM?

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AEM or WPM a better dividend stock?

Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Agnico Eagle Mines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AEM or WPM?

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.