Why Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (SLW) Is Poised to Outperform

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 Corp. (USA) (NYSE:SLW) 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

Headquarters	Vancouver, Canada
Market Cap	$12.5 billion
Industry	Precious metals and minerals
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$754.2 million
Management	Co-Founder/CEO Randy Smallwood CFO Gary Brown
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)	16.2%
Cash/Debt	$555.1 million / $57.2 million
Dividend Yield	0.8%
Competitors	Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) Pan American Silver Corp. (USA) (NASDAQ:PAAS) Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL)

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 96% of the 2,727 members who have rated Silver Wheaton believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last week, one of those Fools, KenMcG6150, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:

Silver Wheaton is what is known as a royalty streaming business. In short, they purchase long-term minerals from early stage mining companies who need cash on very attractive terms. … This provides with the opportunity to acquire the metal without accepting any of the associated risks of operating a mine. I believe the inflationary monetary policies of our government, coupled with the inability or unwillingness of our politicians to address deficit spending in any significant way, will continue to result in a further devaluation of our paper currency and that this will result in a continued rise in the prices of gold, silver and platinum.

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The article Why Silver Wheaton Is Poised to Outperform originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Brian Pacampara.

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