Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) Competitors

Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WPM or AEM?

Agnico Eagle Mines received 490 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.48% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 15 57.69%	Underperform Votes 11 42.31%
Agnico Eagle Mines	Outperform Votes 505 60.48%	Underperform Votes 330 39.52%

Is WPM or AEM a better dividend stock?

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend WPM or AEM?

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$106.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.91%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of C$139.67, indicating a potential downside of 13.80%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.44
Agnico Eagle Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.38

Is WPM or AEM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 12.86%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%
Agnico Eagle Mines	12.86%	5.05%	3.80%

Does the media favor WPM or AEM?

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 21 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 15 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.83 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Agnico Eagle Mines	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, WPM or AEM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WPM or AEM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious Metals	C$851.18M	42.89	C$426.03M	C$1.92	59.90
Agnico Eagle Mines	C$5.52B	10.38	C$709.54M	C$2.85	56.93

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WPM or AEM?

69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.