How to buy Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) stocks

Wheaton Precious Metals is a gold business based in Canada. Wheaton Precious Metals shares (WPM) are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and all prices are listed in Canadian Dollars.

Its last market close was C$82.12 – a decrease of 4.76% over the previous week. Wheaton Precious Metals employs 42 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around C$1.2 billion.

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Wheaton Precious Metals stock price (Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX): WPM)

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Wheaton Precious Metals stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	C$82.12
52-week range	C$51.74 - C$94.67
50-day moving average more info button	C$87.94
200-day moving average more info button	C$78.48
Wall St. target price	C$106.98
PE ratio more info button	43.0104
Dividend yield more info button	C$0.615 (1.05%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	C$1.92

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Wheaton Precious Metals price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of C$82.12 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-4.76%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-7.93%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-3.22%
6 months (2024-06-21)	13.14%

1 year (2023-12-22)	24.16%
2 years (2022-12-22)	53.97%
3 years (2021-12-22)	58.22%
5 years (2019-12-20)	141.83%

Is Wheaton Precious Metals stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Wheaton Precious Metals stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Wheaton Precious Metals's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Wheaton Precious Metals's P/E ratio

Wheaton Precious Metals's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 43x. In other words, Wheaton Precious Metals shares trade at around 43x recent earnings.

Wheaton Precious Metals's EBITDA

Wheaton Precious Metals's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is C$917.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Wheaton Precious Metals's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Wheaton Precious Metals financials

Revenue TTM	C$1.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	57.84%
Gross profit TTM	C$797.4 million
Return on assets TTM	5.86%
Return on equity TTM	8.64%
Profit margin	50.05%
Book value	C$16.00
Market Capitalization more info button	C$37.5 billion
EBITDA more info button	C$917.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Wheaton Precious Metals stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 40.79% of net profits

Recently Wheaton Precious Metals has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Wheaton Precious Metals shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Wheaton Precious Metals's case, that would currently equate to about C$0.615 per share.

While Wheaton Precious Metals's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Wheaton Precious Metals may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Wheaton Precious Metals's most recent dividend payout was on 5 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 20 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Wheaton Precious Metals's stocks ever split?

Wheaton Precious Metals's stocks were split on a 1:5 basis on 20 December 2004 . So if you had owned 5 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Wheaton Precious Metals stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Wheaton Precious Metals stocks, which in turn could have impacted Wheaton Precious Metals's stock price.

Wheaton Precious Metals stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Wheaton Precious Metals's stocks have ranged in value from as little as C$51.7355 up to C$94.6731. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (TO average) beta is 1, while Wheaton Precious Metals's is 0.707. This would suggest that Wheaton Precious Metals's stocks are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Wheaton Precious Metals overview

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. primarily sells precious metals in North America, Europe, and South America. It produces and sells gold, silver, palladium, and cobalt deposits. The company was formerly known as Silver Wheaton Corp. and changed its name to Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. in May 2017. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Wheaton Precious Metals is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.129% of Wheaton Precious Metals stocks are held by insiders and 70.101% by institutions. How many people work for Wheaton Precious Metals?
Latest data suggests 42 work at Wheaton Precious Metals. When does the fiscal year end for Wheaton Precious Metals?
Wheaton Precious Metals's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Wheaton Precious Metals based?
Wheaton Precious Metals's address is: 1021 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6E 0C3 What is Wheaton Precious Metals's ISIN number?
Wheaton Precious Metals's international securities identification number is: CA9628791027

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