MUX vs. HL, CDE, SAND, AG, SILV, FSM, CGAU, SA, SKE, and GATO
Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining include Hecla Mining (HL), Coeur Mining (CDE), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), First Majestic Silver (AG), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), Skeena Resources (SKE), and Gatos Silver (GATO).
McEwen Mining vs.
McEwen Mining (NYSE:MUX) and Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
McEwen Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hecla Mining. Hecla 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 51.31% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of -2.27%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 20.77% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.
McEwen Mining presently has a consensus price target of $15.13, suggesting a potential upside of 83.82%. Hecla Mining has a consensus price target of $7.94, suggesting a potential upside of 39.87%. Given McEwen Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe McEwen Mining is more favorable than Hecla Mining.
Hecla Mining received 137 more outperform votes than McEwen Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.57% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.
17.0% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Hecla 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.
In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 11 more articles in the media than Hecla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for McEwen Mining and 3 mentions for Hecla Mining. Hecla Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat McEwen Mining's score of 0.11 indicating that Hecla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
McEwen Mining beats Hecla Mining on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MUX) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
