WPM vs. AEM, FNV, GFI, AU, KGC, AGI, PAAS, HMY, OR, and BTG
Should you be buying Wheaton Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wheaton Precious Metals include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), OR Royalties (OR), and B2Gold (BTG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Wheaton Precious Metals vs. Its Competitors
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% 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. Wheaton Precious Metals has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Agnico Eagle Mines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus target price of $130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.85%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $92.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.37%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 9 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 16 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.04 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 42.45% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 26.48%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 12.09% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. Agnico Eagle Mines 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.
68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WPM) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
