NYSE:WPMWheaton Precious Metals Stock Price, Forecast & News

Wheaton Precious Metals' stock was trading at $27.72 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WPM shares have increased by 56.2% and is now trading at $43.29. 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 Thursday, August 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Wheaton Precious Metals.

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (NYSE:WPM) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.01. The firm earned $254.79 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. View Wheaton Precious Metals' dividend history.

11 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Wheaton Precious Metals' shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Wheaton Precious Metals' stock price to reach $41.89 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.2%. View analysts' price targets for Wheaton Precious Metals.

News stories about WPM stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Wheaton Precious Metals earned a daily sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Wheaton Precious Metals.

Wheaton Precious Metals saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,640,000 shares, a drop of 9.8% from the May 31st total of 12,910,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,540,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 2.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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."

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One share of WPM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.29.

Wheaton Precious Metals has a market capitalization of $19.41 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]