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).
Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
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.
63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Hecla Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 3 more articles in the media than Hecla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Coeur Mining and 3 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 news media.
Coeur Mining presently has a consensus target price of $4.36, indicating a potential downside of 26.18%. Hecla Mining has a consensus target price of $6.97, indicating a potential upside of 26.25%. Given Coeur Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hecla Mining has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hecla Mining beats Coeur Mining on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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