McEwen Mining (MUX) Competitors

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

Is CDE or MUX more profitable?

McEwen Mining has a net margin of 51.31% compared to Coeur Mining's net margin of 5.59%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 20.77% beat Coeur Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coeur Mining	5.59%	6.59%	3.19%
McEwen Mining	51.31%	20.77%	15.70%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CDE or MUX?

Coeur Mining received 181 more outperform votes than McEwen Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.48% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coeur Mining	Outperform Votes 502 60.48%	Underperform Votes 328 39.52%
McEwen Mining	Outperform Votes 321 60.34%	Underperform Votes 211 39.66%

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

63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of McEwen Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of McEwen Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CDE or MUX?

Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CDE or MUX?

Coeur Mining presently has a consensus price target of $8.31, suggesting a potential upside of 49.10%. McEwen Mining has a consensus price target of $15.13, suggesting a potential upside of 111.36%. Given McEwen Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe McEwen 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
McEwen Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CDE or MUX?

McEwen Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coeur Mining. McEwen Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coeur 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	3.38	-$103.61M	$0.12	46.46
McEwen Mining	$199.63M	1.90	$55.30M	$2.19	3.27

Does the media refer more to CDE or MUX?

In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Coeur Mining. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for McEwen Mining and 4 mentions for Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat McEwen Mining's score of 0.10 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
McEwen Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Coeur Mining beats McEwen Mining on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.