MUX vs. CDE, ARMN, EXK, DRD, NFGC, GATO, TGB, VZLA, PPTA, and ODV
Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining include Coeur Mining (CDE), Aris Mining (ARMN), Endeavour Silver (EXK), DRDGOLD (DRD), New Found Gold (NFGC), Gatos Silver (GATO), Taseko Mines (TGB), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), and Osisko Development (ODV). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
McEwen Mining (NYSE:MUX) and Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Coeur Mining received 174 more outperform votes than McEwen Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.04% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote.
17.0% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 44.83% compared to Coeur Mining's net margin of -12.77%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 16.46% beat Coeur Mining's return on equity.
McEwen Mining presently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.15%. Coeur Mining has a consensus target price of $4.36, indicating a potential downside of 25.81%. Given McEwen Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe McEwen Mining is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 9 more articles in the media than Coeur Mining. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for McEwen Mining and 6 mentions for Coeur Mining. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.65 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
McEwen Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McEwen Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
McEwen Mining beats Coeur Mining on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MUX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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