Coeur Mining (CDE) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, HL or CDE?

Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HL or CDE?

Coeur Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Hecla 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	$929.92M	4.12	$35.80M	$0.11	55.00
Coeur Mining	$1.05B	5.51	$58.90M	$0.26	34.90

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HL or CDE?

63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HL or CDE more profitable?

Coeur Mining has a net margin of 10.11% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of 7.13%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 9.96% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hecla Mining	7.13%	3.87%	2.64%
Coeur Mining	10.11%	9.96%	5.55%

Do analysts recommend HL or CDE?

Hecla Mining presently has a consensus price target of $6.92, indicating a potential upside of 14.33%. Coeur Mining has a consensus price target of $9.21, indicating a potential upside of 1.53%. Given Hecla Mining's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Coeur 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)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Coeur Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Does the media favor HL or CDE?

In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Hecla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Coeur Mining and 15 mentions for Hecla Mining. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Hecla Mining's score of 0.30 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Coeur Mining	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Coeur Mining beats Hecla Mining on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.