Financial Survey: Liberty Silver (OTCMKTS:BHLL) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM)

Liberty Silver (OTCMKTS:BHLL) and Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

Liberty Silver has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Silver and Wheaton Precious Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Silver	N/A	N/A	-25.63%
Wheaton Precious Metals	47.46%	11.96%	11.64%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Liberty Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Liberty Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Liberty Silver and Wheaton Precious Metals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Silver	0	0	0	0	0.00
Wheaton Precious Metals	0	2	9	1	2.92

Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $97.3333, indicating a potential upside of 2.34%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Liberty Silver.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Liberty Silver and Wheaton Precious Metals”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Silver	N/A	N/A	-$25.34 million	($0.03)	-2.85
Wheaton Precious Metals	$1.28 billion	33.61	$529.14 million	$1.73	54.98

Wheaton Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Silver. Liberty Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats Liberty Silver on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Liberty Silver

mining of mineral properties in Canada and the United States. It focuses on exploring for zinc, lead, and silver ores. Its flagship asset is the 100% owned Bunker Hill mine located in the Silver Valley, Idaho. The company was formerly known as Liberty Silver Corp. and changed its name to Bunker Hill Mining Corp. in September 2017. Bunker Hill Mining Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Wheaton Precious Metals

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. primarily sells precious metals in North America, Europe, and South America. It produces and sells gold, silver, palladium, and cobalt deposits. The company was formerly known as Silver Wheaton Corp. and changed its name to Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. in May 2017. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.