DQ vs. HL, CALM, IOSP, SXT, OR, HMY, TFPM, MTRN, CSWI, and LAC
Should you be buying Daqo New Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Daqo New Energy include Hecla Mining (HL), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Innospec (IOSP), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Materion (MTRN), CSW Industrials (CSWI), and Lithium Americas (LAC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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