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Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

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C$124.55 +1.75 (+1.43%)
As of 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

WPM vs. AEM, ABX, FNV, IAG, AGI, PAAS, YRI, 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), iA Financial (IAG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Yamana Gold (YRI), 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

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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals and Wheaton Precious Metals both had 1 articles in the media. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Agnico Eagle Mines' score of 0.09 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
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

69.4% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of C$2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wheaton Precious MetalsC$851.18M46.40C$426.03MC$1.9264.81
Agnico Eagle MinesC$5.52B10.51C$709.54MC$2.8557.61

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

Wheaton Precious Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.08%. Agnico Eagle Mines has a consensus target price of C$152.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.31%. Given Agnico Eagle Mines' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines 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
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.43

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wheaton Precious Metals50.05% 8.56% 5.35%
Agnico Eagle Mines 12.86%5.05%3.80%

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WPM vs. The Competition

MetricWheaton Precious MetalsGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$39.50BC$1.82BC$3.30BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield0.87%6.07%5.14%6.72%
P/E Ratio64.81404.9592.7550.47
Price / Sales46.40238,289,824,268,117,000.0031,115,530,772,816,400.001,211.67
Price / CashN/A22.1123.8983.29
Price / Book7.788.166.064.70
Net IncomeC$426.03MC$6.39MC$147.90MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.24%2.43%2.30%1.05%
1 Month Performance-0.02%9.45%6.05%4.15%
1 Year Performance53.37%42.68%26.47%25.91%

Wheaton Precious Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
1.0231 of 5 stars
C$124.55
+1.4%
C$109.50
-12.1%
+53.4%C$39.50BC$851.18M64.8140Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
0.941 of 5 stars
C$158.97
-4.7%
C$144.60
-9.0%
+60.1%C$56.21BC$5.52B55.8511,800
ABX
Barrick Gold
2.0497 of 5 stars
C$28.35
-4.0%
C$33.67
+18.8%
+15.0%C$34.46BC$8.51B21.3521,300News Coverage
FNV
Franco-Nevada
0.691 of 5 stars
C$216.32
-4.3%
C$237.00
+9.6%
+24.1%C$29.35BC$769.64M-46.7240News Coverage
Positive News
IAG
iA Financial
0.846 of 5 stars
C$144.83
-0.1%
C$139.75
-3.5%
+62.6%C$13.59BC$14.46B13.805,360News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AGI
Alamos Gold
2.163 of 5 stars
C$35.73
-5.7%
C$41.54
+16.3%
+51.6%C$10.57BC$879.15M42.542,400News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
PAAS
Pan American Silver
2.5544 of 5 stars
C$39.11
-2.5%
C$52.50
+34.2%
+28.3%C$9.98BC$1.88B-209.6913,000News Coverage
Gap Up
YRI
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.7211,600High Trading Volume
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
0.3648 of 5 stars
C$35.33
-5.1%
C$34.44
-2.5%
+62.6%C$6.60BC$248.46M-120.0330News Coverage
Analyst Revision
IMG
IAMGOLD
3.1087 of 5 stars
C$9.44
-7.8%
C$11.00
+16.5%
+68.1%C$3.84BC$1.12B4.905,360Positive News
AG
First Majestic Silver
0.1966 of 5 stars
C$10.95
-7.7%
C$7.25
-33.8%
N/AC$3.70BC$621.80M-28.395,290News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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