Lamb Weston Holdings Inc vs Wheaton Precious Metals Corp — how do they compare? Lamb Weston Holdings Inc trades at $46.42 (market cap $6.43B), while Wheaton Precious Metals Corp trades at $103.33 (market cap $46.54B). The key difference: Wheaton Precious Metals Corp is far larger — about 7.2× Lamb Weston Holdings Inc's market cap, and Lamb Weston Holdings Inc pays the higher dividend (3.26%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LW | WPM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $6.43B | $46.54B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Basic Materials |
52-Week High | $66.57 | $165.72 |
52-Week Low | $38.48 | $91.00 |
Enterprise Value | $10.40B | $44.39B |
Dividend Yield | 3.26% | 0.75% |
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Lamb Weston is the world's second-largest producer of branded and private-label frozen potato products, such as French fries, sweet potato fries, tater tots, diced potatoes, mashed potatoes, hash browns, and chips. The company also has a small appetizer business that produces onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and cheese curds. Including joint ventures, 63% of fiscal 2022 revenue was U.S.-based, with the remainder stemming from Europe, Canada, Japan, China, Korea, Mexico, and several other countries. Lamb Weston's customer mix is estimated 58% quick-serve restaurants, 19% full-service restaurants, 8% other food services (hotels, commercial cafeterias, arenas, schools), and 16% retail. Lamb Weston became an independent company in 2016 when it was spun off from Conagra.
Read more on LW →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.
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