MUX vs. NEXA, SIL, PDL, FIL, SLL, MMX, NLC, U, LMC, and DSV
Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining include Nexa Resources (NEXA), SilverCrest Metals (SIL), North American Palladium (PDL), Filo Mining (FIL), Standard Lithium (SLL), Maverix Metals (MMX), Neo Lithium (NLC), Uranium Participation (U), Leagold Mining (LMC), and Discovery Silver (DSV). These companies are all part of the "industrial metals & minerals" industry.
McEwen Mining vs.
Nexa Resources (TSE:NEXA) and McEwen Mining (TSE:MUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 51.59% compared to Nexa Resources' net margin of 0.00%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 20.89% beat Nexa Resources' return on equity.
McEwen Mining received 118 more outperform votes than Nexa Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.51% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote while only 54.00% of users gave Nexa Resources an outperform vote.
Nexa Resources has higher revenue and earnings than McEwen Mining. Nexa Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McEwen Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Nexa Resources and Nexa Resources both had 1 articles in the media. Nexa Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled McEwen Mining'saverage media sentiment score.
Nexa Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share. McEwen Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Nexa Resources pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McEwen Mining pays out 0.4% 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. McEwen Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
McEwen Mining beats Nexa Resources on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:MUX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
