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 (NYSE: 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 CFO Gary Brown |
| 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 Mitsubishi Minerals |
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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Report this Comment On September 14, 2012, at 6:29 PM, TempoAllegro wrote:
Besides currency (or silver bars) and jewelry, I counted 12 other uses on the web site of the Silver Institute at silverinstitute.org, which I'd like to summarize below.
Green tech - solar energy, water purification, windows & glass
Medicine - antibacterial, x-rays
Nanotech (e.g. air purifiers)
Industrial - batteries - best replacement for lithium batteries because they do not pollute, are lighter, and smaller
Industrial - electronics - best conductor of electricity, much better than copper
Industrial - catalyst - for plastics such as polyester textiles, or resins used for coatings in plywood
Industrial - bearings - used in high temperature engines like those in jets
Industrial - soldering - safe connector for things like high temperature water pipes
Industrial - automotive - start your engine with silver coated contacts, defrost your back window, and antifreeze; 36 million ounces of silver are used in cars annually
So with 6 industrial uses, 3 greentech, 2 medical, and nanotech counted as one, that makes for 12. I highly recommend reading the antibacterial uses at http://www.silverinstitute.org/site/silver-in-technology/sil...
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