Coeur Mining (CDE) Competitors

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) and Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HL or CDE?

Coeur Mining received 45 more outperform votes than Hecla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.67% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 56.22% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hecla Mining	Outperform Votes 461 56.22%	Underperform Votes 359 43.78%
Coeur Mining	Outperform Votes 506 60.67%	Underperform Votes 328 39.33%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HL or CDE?

Hecla Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hecla Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hecla Mining	$929.93M	4.07	$35.80M	$0.05	119.80
Coeur Mining	$1.05B	3.79	-$103.61M	$0.12	52.17

Which has more risk & volatility, HL or CDE?

Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HL or CDE?

Hecla Mining presently has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 29.38%. Coeur Mining has a consensus target price of $8.10, indicating a potential upside of 29.39%. Given Coeur Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Coeur Mining is more favorable than Hecla Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hecla Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Coeur Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.38

Is HL or CDE more profitable?

Coeur Mining has a net margin of 5.59% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of 3.85%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 6.59% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hecla Mining	3.85%	3.10%	2.09%
Coeur Mining	5.59%	6.59%	3.19%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HL or CDE?

63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Hecla Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor HL or CDE?

In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 3 more articles in the media than Hecla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Coeur Mining and 10 mentions for Hecla Mining. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Hecla Mining's score of 1.10 indicating that Coeur Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hecla Mining	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coeur Mining	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Coeur Mining beats Hecla Mining on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.