Sprott (SII) Competitors

Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) and Sprott (NYSE:SII) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, WPM or SII?

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. Sprott 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	$1.66B	29.07	$529.14M	$1.73	61.54
Sprott	$186.32M	10.86	$49.29M	$1.93	40.67

Which has more risk & volatility, WPM or SII?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WPM or SII a better dividend stock?

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 38.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott pays out 62.2% 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Sprott has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend WPM or SII?

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus price target of $102.78, indicating a potential downside of 3.46%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Sprott.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

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

70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WPM or SII more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 47.46% compared to Sprott's net margin of 25.21%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.04% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	47.46%	11.96%	11.64%
Sprott	25.21%	15.04%	12.25%

Does the media prefer WPM or SII?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 10 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 3 mentions for Sprott. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Sprott's score of 1.02 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Sprott	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Sprott on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.