Hecla Mining (HL) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CDE or HL?

Coeur Mining currently has a consensus target price of $8.05, indicating a potential upside of 28.45%. Hecla Mining has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 31.91%. Given Hecla Mining's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Hecla Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is CDE or HL 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 6.59% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coeur Mining	5.59%	6.59%	3.19%
Hecla Mining	3.85%	3.10%	2.09%

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CDE or HL?

Coeur Mining received 43 more outperform votes than Hecla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.58% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coeur Mining	Outperform Votes 504 60.58%	Underperform Votes 328 39.42%
Hecla Mining	Outperform Votes 461 56.29%	Underperform Votes 358 43.71%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$1.05B	3.80	-$103.61M	$0.12	52.23
Hecla Mining	$929.93M	3.99	$35.80M	$0.05	117.50

Does the media prefer CDE or HL?

In the previous week, Hecla Mining had 4 more articles in the media than Coeur Mining. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Hecla Mining and 13 mentions for Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Hecla Mining's score of 0.94 indicating that Coeur Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coeur Mining	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hecla Mining	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CDE or HL?

Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Coeur Mining beats Hecla Mining on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.