4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Silver Wheaton
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, silver royalty holding company Silver Wheaton (NYS: SLW) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Silver Wheaton's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Silver Wheaton facts
Headquarters (founded) | Vancouver, Canada |
Market Cap | $12.9 billion |
Industry | Precious metals and minerals |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $778.1 million |
Management | Co-Founder/CEO Randy Smallwood |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 15.9% |
Cash/Debt | $1.1 billion / $64.3 million |
Dividend Yield | 1.1% |
Competitors | Coeur d'Alene Mines |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 2,715 members who have rated Silver Wheaton believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those bulls, TempAllegro, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Since [Silver Wheaton] is a streaming business that buys the right to a miner's sliver (and possibly gold) production up front, it does not need to worry about day-to-day operational hassles at the mines. I think of it as a miner's dealmaker or financier. ... Right now [Silver Wheaton] pays just about $4 for each ounce of silver, which is almost a steal!
With all the catalysts for silver, including its status as a currency or potential one, inflation hedge, and industrial metal, [Silver Wheaton] may be the best way to invest in silver besides going out and getting the physical metal itself.
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