FNV vs. WPM, ABX, AEM, TNX, K, PAAS, AGI, NGT, TECK.B, and NTR
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), TRX Gold (TNX), Kinross Gold (K), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Newmont (NGT), Teck Resources (TECK.B), and Nutrien (NTR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) and Franco-Nevada (TSE:FNV) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Franco-Nevada received 303 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.72% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.
Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus price target of C$74.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.95%. Franco-Nevada has a consensus price target of C$184.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.83%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 52.92% compared to Wheaton Precious Metals' net margin of -38.33%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 7.85% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.
71.5% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are held by 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.
Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of C$1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 52.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franco-Nevada pays out -58.9% 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. Franco-Nevada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Wheaton Precious Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada 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.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals and Wheaton Precious Metals both had 4 articles in the media. Franco-Nevada's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 0.33 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Franco-Nevada beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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