CDE vs. HL, MUX, PAAS, AGI, HMY, BTG, SBSW, EGO, OR, and IAG
Should you be buying Coeur Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coeur Mining include Hecla Mining (HL), McEwen Mining (MUX), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Alamos Gold (AGI), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), B2Gold (BTG), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and IAMGOLD (IAG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) and Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Hecla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Coeur Mining and 4 mentions for Hecla Mining. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Hecla Mining's score of 0.29 indicating that Hecla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coeur Mining received 38 more outperform votes than Hecla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.44% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.
63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hecla Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coeur Mining. Hecla 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.
Hecla Mining has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hecla Mining currently has a consensus price target of $6.97, indicating a potential upside of 30.75%. Coeur Mining has a consensus price target of $4.36, indicating a potential downside of 21.54%. Given Coeur Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
Hecla Mining has a net margin of -12.22% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of -12.77%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of -0.28% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.
Summary
Hecla Mining beats Coeur Mining on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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