Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors $78.74 +2.24 (+2.93%) As of 03:53 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock WPM vs. AEM, FNV, GFI, KGC, AU, AGI, HMY, PAAS, OR, and BTGShould 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), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and B2Gold (BTG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry. Wheaton Precious Metals vs. Agnico Eagle Mines Franco-Nevada Gold Fields Kinross Gold AngloGold Ashanti Alamos Gold Harmony Gold Mining Pan American Silver Osisko Gold Royalties B2Gold 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AEM or WPM? Agnico Eagle Mines received 259 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.48% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 58.27% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAgnico Eagle MinesOutperform Votes66258.27% Underperform Votes47441.73% Wheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes40362.48% Underperform Votes24237.52% Is AEM or WPM a better dividend stock? Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Agnico Eagle Mines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Does the media refer more to AEM or WPM? In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 3 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 25 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 1.12 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 Agnico Eagle Mines 18 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Wheaton Precious Metals 19 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has more risk and volatility, AEM or WPM? Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals and insiders believe in AEM or WPM? 68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate AEM or WPM? Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus price target of $124.40, indicating a potential upside of 17.00%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $85.90, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Agnico Eagle Mines 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 4 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.17Wheaton Precious Metals 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.08 Is AEM or WPM more profitable? Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 22.88%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 10.45% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Agnico Eagle Mines22.88% 10.45% 7.18% Wheaton Precious Metals 50.05%8.85%8.74% Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AEM or WPM? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAgnico Eagle Mines$8.92B6.00$1.90B$4.7022.62Wheaton Precious Metals$1.46B24.36$537.64M$1.3657.56 SummaryAgnico Eagle Mines beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Wheaton Precious Metals News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WPM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WPM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWheaton Precious MetalsGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$35.53B$4.02B$3.07B$19.49BDividend Yield0.80%2.04%5.08%3.92%P/E Ratio58.4323.8570.8935.17Price / Sales24.369.5726,870,773,414,042,000.0034.74Price / Cash42.3121.4524.3617.51Price / Book5.083.125.174.73Net Income$537.64M$8.47M$155.41M$1.02B7 Day Performance-5.22%-3.72%-0.14%3.01%1 Month Performance-6.13%-4.18%3.93%10.09%1 Year Performance39.96%28.53%15.61%4.66% Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WPMWheaton Precious Metals4.0552 of 5 stars$78.74+2.9%$85.90+9.1%+37.9%$35.74B$1.46B58.7640Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradePositive NewsAEMAgnico Eagle Mines4.7041 of 5 stars$114.28+2.8%$124.40+8.9%+52.1%$57.51B$8.92B30.2311,800Analyst RevisionPositive NewsFNVFranco-Nevada2.9686 of 5 stars$167.91+1.8%$162.25-3.4%+22.3%$32.33B$1.11B-53.1440Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastPositive NewsGFIGold Fields3.5604 of 5 stars$22.89+7.9%$18.56-18.9%+19.3%$20.48B$5.20B9.742,610Options VolumeKGCKinross Gold4.4647 of 5 stars$14.51+3.1%$13.30-8.3%+72.9%$17.85B$5.15B18.8437,369Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionAUAngloGold Ashanti2.7811 of 5 stars$42.11+4.8%$41.00-2.6%+63.2%$17.67B$5.79B13.1612,227Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsAGIAlamos Gold3.6262 of 5 stars$25.67+3.8%$30.38+18.4%+50.7%$10.79B$1.35B37.203,310Positive NewsHMYHarmony Gold Mining3.6046 of 5 stars$15.91+5.7%$8.40-47.2%+52.8%$10.10B$67.11B9.4247,400Positive NewsPAASPan American Silver4.6001 of 5 stars$23.90+1.5%$28.50+19.2%+11.1%$8.66B$2.82B74.6913,000Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeNews CoverageOROsisko Gold Royalties1.4302 of 5 stars$23.57+2.0%$23.00-2.4%+38.9%$4.41B$191.16M261.9030Dividend IncreaseAnalyst RevisionBTGB2Gold4.0788 of 5 stars$3.03+3.1%$4.21+39.0%N/A$4.00B$1.90B-6.314,690Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Agnico Eagle Mines Competitors Franco-Nevada Competitors Gold Fields Competitors Kinross Gold Competitors AngloGold Ashanti Competitors Alamos Gold Competitors Harmony Gold Mining Competitors Pan American Silver Competitors Osisko Gold Royalties Competitors B2Gold Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:WPM) was last updated on 5/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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