National Bank Financial Comments on WPM FY2026 Earnings

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (NYSE:WPM) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial increased their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Wheaton Precious Metals in a research note issued on Tuesday, July 15th. National Bank Financial analyst S. Nagle now expects that the company will post earnings of $2.47 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $2.15. The consensus estimate for Wheaton Precious Metals’ current full-year earnings is $1.46 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Wheaton Precious Metals’ FY2026 earnings at $2.47 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on WPM. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Wheaton Precious Metals from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on shares of Wheaton Precious Metals from $80.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 4th. Scotiabank upped their price target on Wheaton Precious Metals from $79.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Raymond James Financial upped their price target on Wheaton Precious Metals from $88.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price target on Wheaton Precious Metals from $78.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $93.00.

Wheaton Precious Metals Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSE WPM opened at $88.30 on Friday. Wheaton Precious Metals has a twelve month low of $53.05 and a twelve month high of $95.23. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $87.93 and a two-hundred day moving average of $76.76. The stock has a market cap of $40.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 64.93, a P/E/G ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 0.46.

Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.05. Wheaton Precious Metals had a return on equity of 10.32% and a net margin of 42.45%. The company had revenue of $470.41 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $446.33 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.36 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 58.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Wheaton Precious Metals by 2.9% in the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 4,144 shares of the company’s stock valued at $322,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Asahi Life Asset Management CO. LTD. grew its holdings in Wheaton Precious Metals by 2.8% in the first quarter. Asahi Life Asset Management CO. LTD. now owns 5,070 shares of the company’s stock valued at $393,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. grew its holdings in Wheaton Precious Metals by 2.1% in the first quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 6,737 shares of the company’s stock valued at $523,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC grew its holdings in Wheaton Precious Metals by 9.0% in the first quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 1,823 shares of the company’s stock valued at $142,000 after purchasing an additional 151 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HB Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Wheaton Precious Metals by 3.2% in the second quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,068 shares of the company’s stock valued at $455,000 after purchasing an additional 156 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 70.34% of the company’s stock.

Wheaton Precious Metals Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 28th were given a $0.165 dividend. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 28th. Wheaton Precious Metals’s payout ratio is 48.53%.

Wheaton Precious Metals Company Profile

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.