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McEwen Mining (MUX) Competitors

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MUX vs. AEM, AG, AGI, FSM, PAAS, SA, WPM, EQX, SVM, and MAG

Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), First Majestic Silver (AG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Fortuna Mining (FSM), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Equinox Gold (EQX), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), and MAG Silver (MAG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

McEwen Mining vs. Its Competitors

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and McEwen Mining (NYSE:MUX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus price target of $136.90, suggesting a potential upside of 14.00%. McEwen Mining has a consensus price target of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 31.03%. Given McEwen Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe McEwen Mining is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14
McEwen Mining
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than McEwen Mining. McEwen Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.92B6.77$1.90B$4.7025.55
McEwen Mining$174.48M3.38-$43.69M-$0.57-19.19

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 26.48% compared to McEwen Mining's net margin of -17.51%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 12.09% beat McEwen Mining's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines26.48% 12.09% 8.38%
McEwen Mining -17.51%-6.03%-4.37%

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 16 more articles in the media than McEwen Mining. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 5 mentions for McEwen Mining. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat McEwen Mining's score of 0.87 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
McEwen Mining
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats McEwen Mining on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MUX vs. The Competition

MetricMcEwen MiningMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$590.60M$5.88B$3.24B$20.60B
Dividend YieldN/A2.03%5.16%3.65%
P/E Ratio-19.1926.22112.8727.20
Price / Sales3.38411.4028,664,708,927,600,500.0053.52
Price / CashN/A27.2023.8822.28
Price / Book1.178.246.054.58
Net Income-$43.69M$278.61M$147.94M$995.22M
7 Day Performance1.66%8.96%1.69%-1.09%
1 Month Performance13.78%8.68%4.64%3.25%
1 Year Performance4.28%27.65%23.70%6.97%

McEwen Mining Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUX
McEwen Mining
2.3353 of 5 stars
$10.94
-0.6%
$14.33
+31.0%
+8.5%$590.60M$174.48M-19.19430
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.6557 of 5 stars
$122.18
+1.8%
$130.50
+6.8%
+59.4%$60.43B$8.29B26.0016,968Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AG
First Majestic Silver
2.6869 of 5 stars
$8.68
+2.6%
$8.75
+0.8%
+38.2%$4.10B$560.60M-29.933,818Analyst Revision
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.3258 of 5 stars
$27.74
+2.8%
$30.38
+9.5%
+49.7%$11.34B$1.35B44.742,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FSM
Fortuna Mining
2.2382 of 5 stars
$6.79
+2.7%
$7.00
+3.1%
+25.5%$2.03B$1.06B13.312,327News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.1848 of 5 stars
$29.35
+0.5%
$30.60
+4.3%
+27.9%$10.57B$2.82B33.749,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.0609 of 5 stars
$15.43
+1.4%
N/A+3.9%$1.53BN/A-154.3040News Coverage
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
3.9561 of 5 stars
$92.62
+2.3%
$93.00
+0.4%
+52.4%$41.11B$1.28B68.1040Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQX
Equinox Gold
4.3956 of 5 stars
$5.90
+1.7%
$35.00
+493.2%
N/A$4.39B$1.51B11.803,692News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
2.1565 of 5 stars
$4.85
+4.5%
$5.93
+22.2%
N/A$1.01B$298.89M16.171,190
MAG
MAG Silver
N/A$21.60
+47.3%
N/A+65.0%$2.24BN/A24.5410

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This page (NYSE:MUX) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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