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Wheaton Precious Metals (Wheaton Precious Metals) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 316.63 (As of Apr. 24, 2024)


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What is Wheaton Precious Metals Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-24), Wheaton Precious Metals's share price is $52.56. Wheaton Precious Metals's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.17. Hence, Wheaton Precious Metals's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 316.63.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wheaton Precious Metals's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

WPM' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.29   Med: 31.01   Max: 320.27
Current: 317.56

During the past 13 years, Wheaton Precious Metals's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 320.27. The lowest was 15.29. And the median was 31.01.

WPM's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
96.51% of 373 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 12.84 vs WPM: 317.56

Wheaton Precious Metals's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.48. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.17.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Wheaton Precious Metals was -87.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -53.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, Wheaton Precious Metals's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 336.20% per year. The lowest was -53.30% per year. And the median was 14.75% per year.


Wheaton Precious Metals Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wheaton Precious Metals's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Wheaton Precious Metals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.23 24.46 59.91 29.85 294.46

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
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 29.85 42.05 42.72 43.96 294.46

Competitive Comparison of Wheaton Precious Metals's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Gold subindustry, Wheaton Precious Metals's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Wheaton Precious Metals's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wheaton Precious Metals's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Wheaton Precious Metals Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Wheaton Precious Metals's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=52.56/0.166
=316.63

Wheaton Precious Metals's Share Price of today is $52.56.
Wheaton Precious Metals's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.17.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Wheaton Precious Metals  (NYSE:WPM) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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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.