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Wheaton Precious Metals (Wheaton Precious Metals) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 9.75% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Wheaton Precious Metals Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Wheaton Precious Metals's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $674 Mil. Wheaton Precious Metals's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,910 Mil. Therefore, Wheaton Precious Metals's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.75%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wheaton Precious Metals's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

WPM' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.5   Med: 6.87   Max: 12.62
Current: 7.84

During the past 13 years, Wheaton Precious Metals's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 12.62%. The lowest was -4.50%. And the median was 6.87%.

WPM's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than
86.89% of 2471 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -16.39 vs WPM: 7.84

Wheaton Precious Metals Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wheaton Precious Metals's Return-on-Tangible-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Wheaton Precious Metals Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Wheaton Precious Metals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.64 9.20 12.62 10.32 7.85

Wheaton Precious Metals Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.02 6.59 8.29 6.80 9.75

Competitive Comparison of Wheaton Precious Metals's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Gold subindustry, Wheaton Precious Metals's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Wheaton Precious Metals's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Wheaton Precious Metals's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wheaton Precious Metals's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Wheaton Precious Metals Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Wheaton Precious Metals's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=537.644/( (6715.405+6979.12 )/ 2 )
=537.644/6847.2625
=7.85 %

Wheaton Precious Metals's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=673.74/( (6841.279+6979.12)/ 2 )
=673.74/6910.1995
=9.75 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Wheaton Precious Metals  (NYSE:WPM) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Wheaton Precious Metals (Wheaton Precious Metals) Business Description

Address
1021 West Hastings Street, Suite 3500, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 0C3
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp is a precious metal streaming company. The company has entered into over 20 long-term purchase agreements with 17 different mining companies, for the purchase of precious metals and cobalt. It has streaming agreements covering approximately 19 operating mines and 9 development stage projects. The company's projects include Vale's Salobo mine and silver streams on Glencore's Antamina mine and Goldcorp's Penasquito mine.