Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

Newmont (NYSE:NEM) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NEM or WPM?

68.9% of Newmont shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NEM or WPM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newmont. Newmont 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
Newmont	$11.81B	4.56	-$2.49B	-$2.67	-17.50
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.02B	26.02	$537.64M	$1.30	44.85

Is NEM or WPM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 53.74% compared to Wheaton Precious Metals' net margin of -13.16%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.65% beat Newmont's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newmont	-13.16%	8.65%	4.50%
Wheaton Precious Metals	53.74%	8.53%	8.47%

Which has more risk and volatility, NEM or WPM?

Newmont has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NEM or WPM a better dividend stock?

Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Newmont pays out -37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 47.7% 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. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NEM or WPM?

Newmont received 530 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.41% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 61.70% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newmont	Outperform Votes 915 63.41%	Underperform Votes 528 36.59%
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 385 61.70%	Underperform Votes 239 38.30%

Does the media prefer NEM or WPM?

In the previous week, Newmont had 14 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Newmont and 12 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 0.83 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
Newmont	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NEM or WPM?

Newmont currently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.00%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $61.06, indicating a potential upside of 4.73%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Newmont is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Newmont	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Summary

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