McEwen Mining (MUX) Competitors

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) and McEwen Mining (NYSE:MUX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HL or MUX?

McEwen Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hecla Mining	$720.23M	4.92	-$84.22M	-$0.04	-141.00
McEwen Mining	$166.23M	2.68	$55.30M	$2.19	3.84

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HL or MUX?

Hecla Mining received 138 more outperform votes than McEwen Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.72% of users gave McEwen 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%
McEwen Mining	Outperform Votes 320 60.72%	Underperform Votes 207 39.28%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HL or MUX?

63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HL or MUX more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hecla Mining	-2.27%	0.75%	0.50%
McEwen Mining	51.31%	20.77%	15.70%

Does the media prefer HL or MUX?

In the previous week, Hecla Mining had 5 more articles in the media than McEwen Mining. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hecla Mining and 2 mentions for McEwen Mining. Hecla Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat McEwen Mining's score of -0.07 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
McEwen Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate HL or MUX?

Hecla Mining presently has a consensus price target of $7.94, indicating a potential upside of 40.74%. McEwen Mining has a consensus price target of $15.63, indicating a potential upside of 85.57%. Given McEwen Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe McEwen Mining is more favorable than Hecla 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
McEwen Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, HL or MUX?

Hecla Mining has a beta of 2, suggesting that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

McEwen Mining beats Hecla Mining on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.