NYSE:WPM - Wheaton Precious Metals Stock Price, Forecast & News

Wheaton Precious Metals trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WPM."

Wheaton Precious Metals announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 14th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 3rd. View Wheaton Precious Metals' Dividend History.

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (NYSE:WPM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 14th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.16. The company earned $223.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $235.93 million. Wheaton Precious Metals had a return on equity of 4.07% and a net margin of 1.85%. Wheaton Precious Metals's quarterly revenue was up 20.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.08 EPS. View Wheaton Precious Metals' Earnings History.

Wheaton Precious Metals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Wheaton Precious Metals.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Wheaton Precious Metals' shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $41.00. On average, they anticipate Wheaton Precious Metals' share price to reach $33.18 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wheaton Precious Metals.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wheaton Precious Metals in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Wheaton Precious Metals.

Headlines about WPM stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wheaton Precious Metals earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Wheaton Precious Metals.

Wheaton Precious Metals saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,800,000 shares, an increase of 27.8% from the October 31st total of 4,540,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,560,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Wheaton Precious Metals' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Wheaton Precious Metals include Barrick Gold (ABX), Newmont Goldcorp (NEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Franco Nevada (FNV), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Kirkland Lake Gold (KL), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Gold Fields (GFI), Sibanye Gold (SBGL), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (AUY), First Majestic Silver (AG), Alamos Gold (AGI) and Harmony Gold Mining (HMY).

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Wheaton Precious Metals' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.79%), Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.49%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.45%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.42%), Gabelli Funds LLC (0.37%) and Dudley & Shanley Inc. (0.35%).

WPM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alberta Investment Management Corp, Millennium Management LLC, Addenda Capital Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc., AMF Pensionsforsakring AB and CIBC Asset Management Inc.

WPM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Dudley & Shanley Inc., Man Group plc, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Selz Capital LLC and Gabelli Funds LLC.

Shares of WPM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WPM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.27.

Wheaton Precious Metals has a market capitalization of $12.20 billion and generates $794.01 million in revenue each year. The company earns $427.11 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.48 on an earnings per share basis. Wheaton Precious Metals employs 39 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Wheaton Precious Metals.

The official website for Wheaton Precious Metals is http://www.wheatonpm.com/.

Wheaton Precious Metals' mailing address is 1021 WEST HASTINGS STREEET SUITE 3500, VANCOUVER A1, V6E 0C3. The company can be reached via phone at 604-684-9648 or via email at [email protected]