HL vs. CDE, MUX, SQM, SUM, MDU, KNF, USLM, SLCA, UUUU, and LEU
Should you be buying Hecla Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hecla Mining include Coeur Mining (CDE), McEwen Mining (MUX), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Knife River (KNF), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), and Centrus Energy (LEU).
Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) and Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.
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.
Hecla Mining currently has a consensus target price of $6.97, indicating a potential upside of 30.50%. Coeur Mining has a consensus target price of $4.36, indicating a potential downside of 18.61%. Given Hecla Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
Hecla Mining has a net margin of -12.22% compared to Coeur Mining's net margin of -12.77%. Hecla Mining's return on equity of -0.28% beat Coeur Mining's return on equity.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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. Hecla Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.41 indicating that Hecla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hecla Mining beats Coeur Mining on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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