Lundin Gold (LUG) Competitors

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

Is WPM or LUG more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to Lundin Gold's net margin of 29.56%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 29.88% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals	50.05%	8.56%	5.35%
Lundin Gold	29.56%	29.88%	17.59%

Do analysts rate WPM or LUG?

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus price target of C$106.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.35%. Lundin Gold has a consensus price target of C$44.00, indicating a potential downside of 29.85%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Lundin Gold.

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
Lundin Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WPM or LUG?

69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.8% of Lundin Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 58.7% of Lundin Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, WPM or LUG?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, WPM or LUG?

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Lundin Gold. Lundin 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	44.05	C$426.03M	C$1.92	61.52
Lundin Gold	C$730.61M	14.65	C$215.94M	C$1.78	35.21

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WPM or LUG?

Lundin Gold received 220 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.69% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 15 57.69%	Underperform Votes 11 42.31%
Lundin Gold	Outperform Votes 235 56.90%	Underperform Votes 178 43.10%

Does the media prefer WPM or LUG?

In the previous week, Lundin Gold had 15 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lundin Gold and 1 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Lundin Gold's score of 0.84 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wheaton Precious Metals	Positive
Lundin Gold	Positive

Is WPM or LUG 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%. Lundin Gold pays an annual dividend of C$1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lundin Gold pays out 60.1% 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.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Lundin Gold on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.