FNV vs. WPM, GOLD, GFI, AEM, AU, KGC, PAAS, AGI, NEM, and TECK
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Gold Fields (GFI), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Newmont (NEM), and Teck Resources (TECK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) and Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 3 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 17 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 0.54 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada pays out -56.0% 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. Wheaton Precious Metals has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Franco-Nevada has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 52.92% compared to Wheaton Precious Metals' net margin of -38.26%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 10.61% beat Franco-Nevada's return on equity.
Franco-Nevada received 17 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.36% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 55.17% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
Wheaton Precious Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada 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.
Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus price target of $54.30, suggesting a potential upside of 0.57%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus price target of $148.60, suggesting a potential upside of 20.88%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.
70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wheaton Precious Metals beats Franco-Nevada on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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