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 (SLW +1.52%) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Silver Wheaton and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Silver Wheaton facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Vancouver, Canada (2004) |
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Market Cap |
$8.4 billion |
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Industry |
Precious metals and minerals |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$849.6 million |
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Management |
Co-Founder/CEO Randy Smallwood CFO Gary Brown |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
16.8% |
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Cash/Debt |
$778.2 million / $50.1 million |
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Dividend Yield |
2.3% |
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Competitors |
Goldcorp Pan American Silver Hecla Mining |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 2,762 members who have rated Silver Wheaton believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star panda72, succinctly summed up the Silver Wheaton opportunity for our community: "Largely a play on metals speculation, but [I like] the model to play in silver rights rather than investing massive amounts of capital into making holes in the ground in places with sketchy support for free enterprise."
