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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is RGLD or WPM more profitable?

Royal Gold has a net margin of 56.24% compared to Wheaton Precious Metals' net margin of 47.46%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 13.30% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royal Gold	56.24%	13.30%	12.32%
Wheaton Precious Metals	47.46%	11.96%	11.64%

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 1.0%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 38.2% 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 more risk and volatility, RGLD or WPM?

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RGLD or WPM?

Royal Gold presently has a consensus target price of $198.63, suggesting a potential upside of 5.60%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $101.44, suggesting a potential downside of 3.48%. Given Royal Gold's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	17.21	$332.02M	$6.82	27.58
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.28B	37.14	$529.14M	$1.73	60.75

Does the media refer more to RGLD or WPM?

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 5 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 26 mentions for Royal Gold. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Royal Gold's score of 1.20 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	16 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RGLD or WPM?

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

Summary

Royal Gold beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.