WPM vs. AEM, ABX, FNV, PAAS, AGI, IAG, EQX, OR, IMG, and AG
Should you be buying Wheaton Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wheaton Precious Metals include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), iA Financial (IAG), Equinox Gold (EQX), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), IAMGOLD (IMG), and First Majestic Silver (AG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Wheaton Precious Metals vs. Its Competitors
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) and Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) 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, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 10 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 7 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.43 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.238074, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.914675, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 36.9% 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. Agnico Eagle Mines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
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.
53.8% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of C$163.33, indicating a potential downside of 30.99%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of C$134.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.11%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Summary
Wheaton Precious Metals beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:WPM) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
