Wheaton Precious Metals Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 2/6
Wheaton Precious Metals is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 0.98% that is well covered by earnings.
Key information
1.0%
Dividend yield
-0.05%
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | 0.9% |
| Future Dividend Yield | 1.2% |
| Dividend Growth | 10.7% |
| Next dividend pay date | n/a |
| Ex dividend date | n/a |
| Dividend per share | US$0.620 |
| Payout ratio | 46% |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
Wheaton Precious Metals: Another Record Year Ahead
Jan 25Wheaton Precious Metals: Strong Trend, But Too Much Shine On The Stock Price
Dec 09Wheaton Precious Metals: Hard To See Value At This Price
Sep 25A Superior Business Model: Why I Just Put Wheaton Precious Metals On My Watchlist
Aug 30Wheaton Precious Metals: Limited Margin Of Safety At Current Levels
Jul 25Wheaton Precious Metals: Q1 2024 Results Make This Stock A Solid Buy
May 11Wheaton Precious Metals: Buy The Dips
Mar 17Wheaton Precious Metals: Rate Cut Expectations Normalizing; Maintain Hold
Feb 19Wheaton Precious Metals: Growth With Risks (Rating Downgrade)
Dec 07Wheaton Precious Metals: Recent Transactions Augment Already Strong Growth Profile
Nov 20Wheaton Precious Metals: A Soft Q3 On Deck
Oct 04Wheaton Precious Metals: A Top Performer Led By A Quality Management Team
Aug 12Wheaton Precious Metals: The Quarterly Dividend Is Too Low
Jun 30Wheaton Precious Metals: A Better H2 Ahead
Jun 06Wheaton Precious Metals: Take Profits Ahead Of FOMC
Jan 30Wheaton Precious Metals: A Tough Q3 But A Bright Future Ahead
Dec 29Wheaton Precious Metals' Q3 Earnings Assessed; We're Staying Put For Now
Nov 15Wheaton Precious Metals: Potential Beneficiary Of A Fed Pivot
Oct 27Wheaton Precious Metals goes ex-dividend tomorrow
Sep 06Wheaton Precious Metals: Salobo And Stillwater Underperformance
Aug 16Wheaton Precious Metals: Superior Business Model
Aug 09Hecla To Buy Alexco - Wheaton Precious Metals Wins
Jul 10Wheaton Precious Metals: Bullish Silver Outlook As EU Is Mandating Solar Panels On All New Homes
May 23Wheaton Precious Metals: Weak Gold Production In Q1 2022
May 10Wheaton Precious Metals: Another Strong Year Of Earnings Growth Ahead
Mar 12Stability and Growth of Payments
Fetching dividends data
Stable Dividend: WPM's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: WPM's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| Wheaton Precious Metals Dividend Yield vs Market |
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| Segment | Dividend Yield |
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| Company (WPM) | 1.0% |
| Market Bottom 25% (US) | 1.4% |
| Market Top 25% (US) | 4.5% |
| Industry Average (Metals and Mining) | 2.1% |
| Analyst forecast (WPM) (up to 3 years) | 1.2% |
Notable Dividend: WPM's dividend (0.98%) isn’t notable compared to the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.42%).
High Dividend: WPM's dividend (0.98%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.46%).
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: With its reasonably low payout ratio (45.7%), WPM's dividend payments are well covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: WPM is paying a dividend but the company has no free cash flows.
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/02/03 00:27 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/02/03 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2023/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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Analyst Sources
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. is covered by 39 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Harriet Li | Accountability Research Corporation |
| Ishan Majumdar | Baptista Research |
| Matthew Murphy | Barclays |