Coeur Mining (CDE) Competitors

Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, CDE or HL?

Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CDE or HL?

Hecla Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coeur Mining. Coeur Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hecla Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coeur Mining	$1.20B	4.16	-$103.61M	$0.26	30.02
Hecla Mining	$1.00B	3.23	$35.80M	$0.11	46.45

Do analysts recommend CDE or HL?

Coeur Mining currently has a consensus target price of $8.10, suggesting a potential upside of 3.78%. Hecla Mining has a consensus target price of $7.13, suggesting a potential upside of 39.43%. Given Hecla Mining's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Coeur Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coeur Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.38
Hecla Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CDE or HL?

Coeur Mining received 45 more outperform votes than Hecla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.67% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 56.08% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coeur Mining	Outperform Votes 506 60.67%	Underperform Votes 328 39.33%
Hecla Mining	Outperform Votes 461 56.08%	Underperform Votes 361 43.92%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CDE or HL?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Hecla Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CDE or HL more profitable?

Coeur Mining has a net margin of 5.59% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of 3.85%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 6.59% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coeur Mining	5.59%	6.59%	3.19%
Hecla Mining	3.85%	3.10%	2.09%

Does the media prefer CDE or HL?

In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 8 more articles in the media than Hecla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Coeur Mining and 8 mentions for Hecla Mining. Hecla Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.98 indicating that Hecla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coeur Mining	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hecla Mining	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Coeur Mining beats Hecla Mining on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.