Hecla Mining (HL) 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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HL or CDE?

Coeur Mining received 41 more outperform votes than Hecla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.48% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 56.36% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hecla Mining	Outperform Votes 461 56.36%	Underperform Votes 357 43.64%
Coeur Mining	Outperform Votes 502 60.48%	Underperform Votes 328 39.52%

Which has better earnings and 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	$929.92M	3.55	$35.80M	$0.05	104.52
Coeur Mining	$1.05B	2.06	-$103.61M	$0.12	45.38

Do analysts rate HL or CDE?

Hecla Mining currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.11%. Coeur Mining has a consensus price target of $8.31, suggesting a potential upside of 52.66%. Given Hecla Mining's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Coeur Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17

Does the media refer more to HL or CDE?

In the previous week, Hecla Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Coeur Mining. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Hecla Mining and 29 mentions for Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Hecla Mining's score of 0.36 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Coeur Mining	9 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, HL or CDE?

Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 6.71% 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%	6.71%	3.24%

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

Summary

Coeur Mining beats Hecla Mining on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.