Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (WPM) To Go Ex-Dividend on August 20th

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (TSE:WPM) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 20th, TickerTech Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 3rd will be given a dividend of 0.195 per share on Thursday, September 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 20th.

Wheaton Precious Metals Trading Up 1.7%

WPM opened at C$189.48 on Tuesday. Wheaton Precious Metals has a 12-month low of C$126.12 and a 12-month high of C$226.68. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of C$163.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$180.32. The company has a market cap of C$86.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.03 and a beta of 1.39.

Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported C$1.69 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of C$1.32 billion for the quarter. Wheaton Precious Metals had a net margin of 64.66% and a return on equity of 22.96%. On average, analysts predict that Wheaton Precious Metals will post 2.4749013 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Wheaton Precious Metals

In related news, insider Nikola Tatarkin sold 3,733 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$189.00, for a total transaction of C$705,537.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 30,756 shares in the company, valued at C$5,812,884. The trade was a 10.82% decrease in their position. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.

About Wheaton Precious Metals

Wheaton is the world’s premier precious metals streaming company with the highest-quality portfolio of long-life, low-cost assets. Its business model offers investors commodity price leverage and exploration upside but with a much lower risk profile than a traditional mining company. Wheaton delivers amongst the highest cash operating margins in the mining industry, allowing it to pay a competitive dividend and continue to grow through accretive acquisitions. Wheaton is committed to strong ESG practices and giving back to the communities where Wheaton and its mining partners operate.