FNV vs. WPM, GOLD, AEM, GFI, AU, KGC, PAAS, AGI, NEM, and TECK
Should you be buying Franco-Nevada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franco-Nevada include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Gold Fields (GFI), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Newmont (NEM), and Teck Resources (TECK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Wheaton Precious Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franco-Nevada. Franco-Nevada 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.
Franco-Nevada received 17 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.36% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 55.17% of users gave Franco-Nevada an outperform vote.
Franco-Nevada has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Franco-Nevada currently has a consensus target price of $148.60, suggesting a potential upside of 22.81%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $54.30, suggesting a potential upside of 3.09%. Given Franco-Nevada's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Franco-Nevada is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 52.92% compared to Franco-Nevada's net margin of -38.26%. Franco-Nevada's return on equity of 10.61% beat Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Franco-Nevada had 4 more articles in the media than Wheaton Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Franco-Nevada and 11 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Franco-Nevada's score of 0.83 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Franco-Nevada pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Franco-Nevada pays out -56.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 52.1% 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.
77.1% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Franco-Nevada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Wheaton Precious Metals beats Franco-Nevada on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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