Alamos Gold (AGI) Competitors

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

Is WPM or AGI more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Alamos Gold's net margin of 19.89%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%
Alamos Gold	19.89%	7.84%	5.85%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WPM or AGI?

69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor WPM or AGI?

In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 5 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Alamos Gold and 1 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Alamos Gold's score of 0.42 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alamos Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, WPM or AGI?

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

Is WPM or AGI 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%. Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamos Gold pays out 16.7% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, WPM or AGI?

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alamos Gold. Alamos 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
Wheaton Precious Metals	C$851.18M	45.76	C$426.03M	C$1.92	63.90
Alamos Gold	C$879.15M	11.96	C$174.87M	C$0.84	42.32

Do analysts rate WPM or AGI?

Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$109.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.84%. Alamos Gold has a consensus price target of C$41.54, indicating a potential upside of 16.89%. Given Alamos Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

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
Alamos Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.38

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Alamos Gold on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.