Hecla Mining (HL) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer CDE or HL?

In the previous week, Hecla Mining had 3 more articles in the media than Coeur Mining. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hecla Mining and 7 mentions for Coeur Mining. Hecla Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.71 indicating that Hecla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coeur Mining	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hecla Mining	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CDE or HL?

Coeur Mining received 41 more outperform votes than Hecla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.41% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coeur Mining	Outperform Votes 499 60.41%	Underperform Votes 327 39.59%
Hecla Mining	Outperform Votes 458 56.27%	Underperform Votes 356 43.73%

Which has more volatility and risk, CDE or HL?

Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CDE or HL?

Coeur Mining presently has a consensus target price of $7.81, indicating a potential upside of 32.87%. Hecla Mining has a consensus target price of $7.94, indicating a potential upside of 57.49%. Given Hecla Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Coeur Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coeur Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hecla Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

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

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CDE or HL?

Hecla Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Coeur Mining	$1.01B	2.32	-$103.61M	-$0.03	-196.00
Hecla Mining	$840.96M	3.77	-$84.22M	-$0.04	-126.00

Is CDE or HL more profitable?

Coeur Mining has a net margin of -0.44% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of -2.27%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 1.78% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coeur Mining	-0.44%	1.78%	0.86%
Hecla Mining	-2.27%	0.75%	0.50%

Summary

Coeur Mining beats Hecla Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.