NYSE:WPMWheaton Precious Metals Stock Price, Forecast & News

Wheaton Precious Metals' stock was trading at $27.72 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WPM stock has increased by 68.3% and is now trading at $46.64. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Wheaton Precious Metals in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Wheaton Precious Metals.

Wheaton Precious Metals is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 12th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Wheaton Precious Metals.

Wheaton Precious Metals will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (NYSE:WPM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.01. The business earned $254.79 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $250.67 million. Wheaton Precious Metals had a return on equity of 5.59% and a net margin of 13.88%. View Wheaton Precious Metals' earnings history.

Wheaton Precious Metals announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. View Wheaton Precious Metals' dividend history.

11 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Wheaton Precious Metals' shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Wheaton Precious Metals' share price to reach $41.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.2%. View analysts' price targets for Wheaton Precious Metals.

News articles about WPM stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Wheaton Precious Metals earned a news sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Wheaton Precious Metals.

Wheaton Precious Metals saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 9,420,000 shares, a decrease of 19.1% from the June 15th total of 11,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,150,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Wheaton Precious Metals' Current Options Chain.

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

Wheaton Precious Metals' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.05%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Addenda Capital Inc. (0.00%) and Larson Financial Group LLC (0.00%).

WPM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Addenda Capital Inc..

WPM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Larson Financial Group 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 $46.64.

Wheaton Precious Metals has a market capitalization of $20.94 billion and generates $861.33 million in revenue each year. The company earns $86.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.56 on an earnings per share basis. Wheaton Precious Metals employs 39 workers across the globe.

The official website for Wheaton Precious Metals is 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]