McEwen Mining (MUX) Competitors

McEwen Mining (TSE:MUX) and Coro Mining (TSE:COP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.

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

23.1% of McEwen Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of McEwen Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MUX or COP more profitable?

McEwen Mining has a net margin of 46.63% compared to Coro Mining's net margin of 0.00%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 16.78% beat Coro Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McEwen Mining	46.63%	16.78%	-3.02%
Coro Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings & valuation, MUX or COP?

McEwen Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Coro Mining. Coro 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
McEwen Mining	C$185.79M	3.33	C$86.62M	C$2.54	4.59
Coro Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A	-C$0.01	N/A

Is MUX or COP a better dividend stock?

McEwen Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Coro Mining pays an annual dividend of C$1.14 per share. McEwen Mining pays out 0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coro Mining pays out -11,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media favor MUX or COP?

In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Coro Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for McEwen Mining and 0 mentions for Coro Mining. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Coro Mining's score of -0.50 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
McEwen Mining	Neutral
Coro Mining	Negative

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MUX or COP?

McEwen Mining received 61 more outperform votes than Coro Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.51% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote while only 65.63% of users gave Coro Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
McEwen Mining	Outperform Votes 145 66.51%	Underperform Votes 73 33.49%
Coro Mining	Outperform Votes 84 65.63%	Underperform Votes 44 34.38%

Summary

McEwen Mining beats Coro Mining on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.