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

Which has more volatility and risk, HL or CDE?

Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HL or CDE?

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

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

Is HL or CDE 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
Hecla Mining	-2.27%	0.75%	0.50%
Coeur Mining	-0.44%	1.78%	0.86%

Do institutionals & insiders believe 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor HL or CDE?

In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 5 more articles in the media than Hecla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Coeur Mining and 1 mentions for Hecla Mining. Hecla Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.67 indicating that Hecla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hecla Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coeur Mining	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate HL or CDE?

Hecla Mining currently has a consensus target price of $7.94, indicating a potential upside of 47.35%. Coeur Mining has a consensus target price of $7.81, indicating a potential upside of 26.35%. Given Hecla Mining's higher possible upside, equities 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Coeur Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better 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	$720.23M	4.70	-$84.22M	-$0.04	-134.68
Coeur Mining	$821.21M	3.01	-$103.61M	-$0.03	-206.03

Summary

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