Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (TSE:WPM) Plans Quarterly Dividend of $0.20

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

Wheaton Precious Metals Price Performance

Shares of WPM opened at C$189.48 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of C$86.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.03 and a beta of 1.39. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is C$163.59 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$180.32. Wheaton Precious Metals has a one year low of C$126.12 and a one year high of C$226.68.

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

Insider Activity at Wheaton Precious Metals

In other news, insider Nikola Tatarkin sold 3,733 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 30,756 shares in the company, valued at C$5,812,884. This represents a 10.82% decrease in their position. 0.13% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Wheaton Precious Metals

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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.

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