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Company snapshot — Wheaton Precious Metals Corp

WPM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Wheaton Precious Metals does not mine; it advances cash to mining companies and in return buys a fixed share of their future gold, silver and other metal output at low set prices. This streaming model lets it profit from output without running mines or bearing most operating costs. It is based in Vancouver and has explored deals across the Americas, Europe and Africa.
Where it sits in the stack
Wheaton carries no seat in Closelook's index, so it sits in our Basic Materials universe, in the gold sector alongside the royalty-and-streaming names our peer group groups it with. Streaming firms like this one act as financiers to miners rather than as producers, so they are a funding layer that sits above the mines themselves.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored gold names in the same sector and country, among them Barrick, Agnico Eagle, Kinross and Pan American Silver; the market also names Franco-Nevada as its closest streaming rival.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score, strongest on quality and weakest on valuation, and the diary has quoted it once, in a Daily Pulse piece comparing the gold ladder by pace of price moves.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how streaming margins hold up if metal prices fall, since Wheaton's buy prices are fixed while spot prices move.

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (WPM) trades on US exchanges, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 63/100 composite (momentum 69, quality 69, valuation 29) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for WPM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Gold · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Gold · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against WPM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.49%, quarterly · buybacks 7 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What WPM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.75 USD per share · a 0.49% yield on the 2026-09-22 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-22
  • Change on the year +51.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.50 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.20 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-20
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.66 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.59 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-01
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 302 m USD 17% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 7 m USD 0.0% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.1% in FY2025 33 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 309 m USD · 54% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sector × region Materials in US: +0.1% week · −5.2% month · −0.2% quarter · +2.6% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLB.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (WPM)?

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp trades as WPM on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is WPM in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Wheaton Precious Metals Corp is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

What is Wheaton Precious Metals Corp's Closelook composite score?

63 out of 100, with momentum 69, quality 69 and valuation 29 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-23. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does WPM trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +14.1% vs the 50-day and +16.9% vs the 200-day average, 6.8% below the 52-week high and +67.2% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 6 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Wheaton Precious Metals Corp do?

Wheaton Precious Metals does not mine; it advances cash to mining companies and in return buys a fixed share of their future gold, silver and other metal output at low set prices. This streaming model lets it profit from output without running mines or bearing most operating costs. It is based in Vancouver and has explored deals across the Americas, Europe and Africa. Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored gold names in the same sector and country, among them Barrick, Agnico Eagle, Kinross and Pan American Silver; the market also names Franco-Nevada as its closest streaming rival.

Where does Wheaton Precious Metals Corp sit in the AI build-out?

Wheaton carries no seat in Closelook's index, so it sits in our Basic Materials universe, in the gold sector alongside the royalty-and-streaming names our peer group groups it with. Streaming firms like this one act as financiers to miners rather than as producers, so they are a funding layer that sits above the mines themselves. It carries a Closelook score, strongest on quality and weakest on valuation, and the diary has quoted it once, in a Daily Pulse piece comparing the gold ladder by pace of price moves.

Does Wheaton Precious Metals Corp pay a dividend?

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp has paid 0.75 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.49% on the 2026-09-22 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.20 USD on 2026-08-20. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 302 m USD in dividends and bought back 7 m USD of its own shares, 54% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelook written about Wheaton Precious Metals Corp?

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Daily Pulse: Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, Materials (2026-08-24). What Closelook said most recently: The gold ladder — mature, and ordered by beta GLD (the metal) 1m +14.0% · 1w +5.4% FNV / WPM (royalty & streaming) 1m +24.1% / +43.4% GDX (senior miners) 1m +37.1% · NEM +38.9% · AEM +49.5% · KGC +38.4% GDXJ (junior miners) 1m +35.9% · 1w… (Daily Pulse, 2026-08-24). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WPM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Daily Pulse, “Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, Materials” (2026-08-24)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where WPM appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

  • Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, MaterialsDaily Pulse · 24 Aug 2026The gold ladder — mature, and ordered by beta GLD (the metal) 1m +14.0% · 1w +5.4% FNV / WPM (royalty & streaming) 1m +24.1% / +43.4% GDX (senior miners) 1m +37.1% · NEM +38.9% · AEM +49.5% · KGC +38.4% GDXJ (junior miners) 1m +35.9% · 1w…

Related in the Closelook universe

then Gold. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.