CDE vs. MUX, AG, IAG, SAND, FSM, CGAU, SA, EGO, OR, and EXK
Should you be buying Coeur Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coeur Mining include McEwen Mining (MUX), First Majestic Silver (AG), IAMGOLD (IAG), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and Endeavour Silver (EXK). 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
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.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 44.83% compared to McEwen Mining's net margin of -12.77%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 16.46% beat McEwen Mining's return on equity.
McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of McEwen Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 Coeur Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat McEwen Mining's score of 0.65 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
McEwen Mining beats Coeur Mining on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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