Daqo New Energy (DQ) Competitors

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) and Daqo New Energy (NYSE:DQ) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HL or DQ?

Daqo New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Hecla Mining. Hecla Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daqo New Energy, 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
Hecla Mining	$718.91M	3.31	-$37.35M	-$0.09	-42.89
Daqo New Energy	$4.61B	0.51	$1.82B	$13.75	2.21

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HL or DQ?

Hecla Mining received 98 more outperform votes than Daqo New Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.12% of users gave Daqo New Energy an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hecla Mining	Outperform Votes 447 56.51%	Underperform Votes 344 43.49%
Daqo New Energy	Outperform Votes 349 67.12%	Underperform Votes 171 32.88%

Which has more risk & volatility, HL or DQ?

Hecla Mining has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daqo New Energy has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HL or DQ?

Hecla Mining presently has a consensus price target of $6.47, suggesting a potential upside of 67.58%. Daqo New Energy has a consensus price target of $46.43, suggesting a potential upside of 52.92%. Given Daqo New Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Daqo New Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hecla Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Daqo New Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is HL or DQ more profitable?

Daqo New Energy has a net margin of 31.45% compared to Daqo New Energy's net margin of -6.52%. Hecla Mining's return on equity of 16.65% beat Daqo New Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hecla Mining	-6.52%	1.23%	0.83%
Daqo New Energy	31.45%	16.65%	14.38%

Does the media refer more to HL or DQ?

In the previous week, Hecla Mining and Hecla Mining both had 4 articles in the media. Hecla Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Daqo New Energy's score of -0.05 indicating that Daqo New Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hecla Mining	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Daqo New Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HL or DQ?

59.0% of Hecla Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Hecla Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Daqo New Energy beats Hecla Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.