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. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 4th will be given a dividend of $0.09 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.21%. 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 results on Thursday, November, 14th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.16. The company earned $223.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $235.93 million. Wheaton Precious Metals had a net margin of 1.85% and a return on equity of 4.07%. The firm's revenue was up 20.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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.

11 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Wheaton Precious Metals' shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $38.00. On average, they anticipate Wheaton Precious Metals' stock price to reach $32.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Wheaton Precious Metals.

11 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 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Wheaton Precious Metals.

Media stories about WPM stock have trended extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wheaton Precious Metals earned a coverage optimism score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Wheaton Precious Metals.

Wheaton Precious Metals saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 6,820,000 shares, a drop of 20.6% from the November 28th total of 8,590,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,980,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are short sold. 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), Sibanye Gold (SBGL), Kinross Gold (KGC), Gold Fields (GFI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (AUY), Alamos Gold (AGI), First Majestic Silver (AG) and Harmony Gold Mining (HMY).

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Wheaton Precious Metals' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.72%), Dudley & Shanley Inc. (0.37%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.04%), Hexavest Inc. (0.04%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.04%) and Leavell Investment Management Inc. (0.03%).

WPM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Hexavest Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Eqis Capital Management Inc., Berkeley Capital Partners LLC and Harvest Investment Services LLC.

WPM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dudley & Shanley Inc., Leavell Investment Management Inc., Callahan Advisors LLC, Vigilant Capital Management LLC, IFP Advisors Inc, Wedbush Securities Inc., Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC and Huntington National Bank.

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 $29.72.

Wheaton Precious Metals has a market capitalization of $13.29 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]