Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Competitors

Newmont (NYSE:NEM) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) 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 analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.

Is NEM or WPM more profitable?

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 53.74% compared to Wheaton Precious Metals' net margin of -20.19%. Newmont's return on equity of 8.53% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newmont	-20.19%	6.88%	3.57%
Wheaton Precious Metals	53.74%	8.53%	8.47%

Which has more volatility and risk, NEM or WPM?

Newmont has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NEM or WPM?

68.9% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NEM or WPM a better dividend stock?

Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Newmont pays out -37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 47.7% 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. Wheaton Precious Metals has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor NEM or WPM?

In the previous week, Newmont had 15 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Newmont and 7 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Newmont's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 0.58 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newmont	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wheaton Precious Metals	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer NEM or WPM?

Newmont presently has a consensus target price of $48.36, suggesting a potential upside of 15.30%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $57.39, suggesting a potential upside of 4.14%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Newmont is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Newmont	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Wheaton Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NEM or WPM?

Wheaton Precious Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newmont. Newmont 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
Newmont	$11.81B	4.09	-$2.49B	-$2.67	-15.71
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.02B	24.59	$537.64M	$1.30	42.39

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NEM or WPM?

Newmont received 526 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.28% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newmont	Outperform Votes 908 63.28%	Underperform Votes 527 36.72%
Wheaton Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 382 61.61%	Underperform Votes 238 38.39%

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Newmont on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.