Why Analysts Still Favor Wheaton Precious Metals

Among the major gold mining and gold streaming companies, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), the world’s largest precious metals streaming company, has received the highest percentage of “buy” recommendations at 92.0%, and this level hasn’t changed much over the past year. Wheaton Precious Metals, previously known as Silver Wheaton (SLW), is a royalty and streaming company. In fact, they provide up-front funds to precious metals mining companies in exchange for the right to buy their product streams at lower prices in the future.