Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is RGLD or WPM a better dividend stock?

Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 48.5% 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. Royal Gold has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years and Wheaton Precious Metals has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Royal Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RGLD or WPM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Royal Gold. Royal Gold 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
Royal Gold	$719.40M	15.13	$332.02M	$6.82	24.24
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.28B	35.28	$529.14M	$1.36	73.42

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RGLD or WPM?

83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, RGLD or WPM?

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RGLD or WPM more profitable?

Royal Gold has a net margin of 56.24% compared to Wheaton Precious Metals' net margin of 42.45%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 13.49% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royal Gold	56.24%	13.49%	12.49%
Wheaton Precious Metals	42.45%	10.32%	10.10%

Do analysts rate RGLD or WPM?

Royal Gold presently has a consensus price target of $192.13, suggesting a potential upside of 16.21%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $93.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.86%. Given Royal Gold's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royal Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08

Does the media favor RGLD or WPM?

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 15 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Royal Gold and 23 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Royal Gold's score of 0.66 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Royal Gold	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Royal Gold beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.