WPM vs. AEM, ABX, FNV, PAAS, AGI, IAG, EQX, OR, IMG, and YRI
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 Yamana Gold (YRI). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Wheaton Precious Metals vs. Its Competitors
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSE:AEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 10 more articles in the media than Agnico Eagle Mines. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 3 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.15 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.700182, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.01787, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
62.7% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 27.2% 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 presently has a consensus target price of C$124.14, indicating a potential downside of 14.12%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of C$163.33, indicating a potential downside of 23.32%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' higher probable upside, equities research 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 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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