MUX vs. CDE, HL, IAG, AG, FSM, SAND, CGAU, SA, SILV, and EXK
Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining include Coeur Mining (CDE), Hecla Mining (HL), IAMGOLD (IAG), First Majestic Silver (AG), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), and Endeavour Silver (EXK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and McEwen Mining (NYSE:MUX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 44.83% compared to McEwen Mining's net margin of -12.77%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 16.46% beat McEwen Mining's return on equity.
Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 5 more articles in the media than McEwen Mining. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Coeur Mining and 1 mentions for McEwen Mining. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat McEwen Mining's score of 0.42 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
McEwen Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coeur Mining. Coeur 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.
Coeur Mining received 174 more outperform votes than McEwen Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.04% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote.
Coeur Mining presently has a consensus price target of $4.36, indicating a potential downside of 18.61%. McEwen Mining has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.76%. Given Coeur Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe McEwen Mining is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
McEwen Mining beats Coeur Mining on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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