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Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (WPM) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

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Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (WPM - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $44.04, moving +0.82% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500's 1.29% gain on the day. At the same time, the Dow added 0.78%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 4.94%.

Heading into today, shares of the company had gained 1.87% over the past month, lagging the Basic Materials sector's gain of 3.27% and the S&P 500's gain of 5.64% in that time.

Investors will be hoping for strength from Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. as it approaches its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. to post earnings of $0.24 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 17.24%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $250.54 million, down 9.94% from the prior-year quarter.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 3.95% higher. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Digging into valuation, Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 35.89. This valuation marks a premium compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 10.2.

Meanwhile, WPM's PEG ratio is currently 7.18. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Mining - Miscellaneous was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.92 at yesterday's closing price.

The Mining - Miscellaneous industry is part of the Basic Materials sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 67, putting it in the top 27% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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