MUX vs. FOM, KNT, SMF, NEXA, SIL, PDL, FIL, SLL, MMX, and NLC
Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining include Foran Mining (FOM), K92 Mining Inc. (KNT.V) (KNT), Semafo (SMF), Nexa Resources (NEXA), SilverCrest Metals (SIL), North American Palladium (PDL), Filo Mining (FIL), Standard Lithium (SLL), Maverix Metals (MMX), and Neo Lithium (NLC). These companies are all part of the "industrial metals & minerals" industry.
McEwen Mining vs.
Foran Mining (CVE:FOM) and McEwen Mining (TSE:MUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Foran Mining presently has a consensus price target of C$5.69, indicating a potential upside of 76.08%. Given Foran Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Foran Mining is more favorable than McEwen Mining.
McEwen Mining received 43 more outperform votes than Foran Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.51% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote while only 51.78% of users gave Foran Mining an outperform vote.
Foran Mining has a beta of 3.68, meaning that its stock price is 268% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
McEwen Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Foran Mining. Foran 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.
6.4% of Foran Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.3% of Foran Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 8 more articles in the media than Foran Mining. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for McEwen Mining and 5 mentions for Foran Mining. Foran Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat McEwen Mining's score of -0.22 indicating that Foran Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 51.59% compared to Foran Mining's net margin of 0.00%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 20.89% beat Foran Mining's return on equity.
Summary
McEwen Mining beats Foran Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:MUX) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
