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HL vs. AG, AGI, CDE, EXK, FSM, PAAS, SA, WPM, SVM, and MUX

Should you be buying Hecla Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hecla Mining include First Majestic Silver (AG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Coeur Mining (CDE), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Fortuna Mining (FSM), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), and McEwen (MUX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Hecla Mining vs. Its Competitors

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

Hecla Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Hecla Mining pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Majestic Silver pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. First Majestic Silver is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Hecla Mining has a net margin of 9.55% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of 1.78%. Hecla Mining's return on equity of 5.51% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hecla Mining9.55% 5.51% 3.80%
First Majestic Silver 1.78%1.72%1.20%

Hecla Mining currently has a consensus price target of $7.36, suggesting a potential downside of 34.49%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus price target of $9.63, suggesting a potential downside of 20.68%. Given First Majestic Silver's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Hecla Mining.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hecla Mining
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
First Majestic Silver
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

In the previous week, Hecla Mining had 9 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hecla Mining and 5 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Hecla Mining's score of 0.74 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hecla Mining
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Majestic Silver
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Hecla Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by 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.

Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hecla Mining$1.06B7.10$35.80M$0.1670.19
First Majestic Silver$560.60M10.59-$101.89M-$0.01-1,213.50

Summary

Hecla Mining beats First Majestic Silver on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HL vs. The Competition

MetricHecla MiningMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.52B$8.23B$3.66B$21.59B
Dividend Yield0.14%0.85%5.05%3.51%
P/E Ratio70.1921.92158.7230.24
Price / Sales7.109.4017,718.5699.11
Price / Cash26.6425.7224.2518.30
Price / Book3.463.546.714.66
Net Income$35.80M$91.54M$149.17M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-4.59%5.60%2.97%1.06%
1 Month Performance42.53%25.22%12.44%3.00%
1 Year Performance65.88%116.62%50.25%15.09%

Hecla Mining Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HL
Hecla Mining
3.6072 of 5 stars
$11.23
+2.5%
$7.36
-34.5%
+62.2%$7.52B$1.06B70.191,830Options Volume
Gap Up
AG
First Majestic Silver
2.0299 of 5 stars
$10.81
+2.6%
$9.63
-11.0%
+71.9%$5.27B$831.05M-1,079.923,818Gap Up
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.8724 of 5 stars
$33.48
+1.6%
$30.38
-9.3%
+55.3%$14.08B$1.51B40.332,400Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
CDE
Coeur Mining
3.6309 of 5 stars
$16.91
+8.9%
$9.79
-42.1%
+149.6%$10.87B$1.46B45.692,116Positive News
Gap Up
EXK
Endeavour Silver
1.6657 of 5 stars
$6.48
+5.6%
$8.33
+28.7%
+82.2%$1.89B$247.75M-23.981,120Gap Up
FSM
Fortuna Mining
2.1763 of 5 stars
$8.21
-1.6%
$8.00
-2.6%
+66.2%$2.52B$1.19B16.432,327Gap Up
PAAS
Pan American Silver
4.4186 of 5 stars
$37.22
+1.5%
$32.20
-13.5%
+71.0%$15.71B$3.12B25.679,000Gap Up
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.4799 of 5 stars
$20.29
+7.8%
N/A+15.6%$2.07BN/A-53.3940Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.079 of 5 stars
$107.76
+1.1%
$101.44
-5.9%
+72.0%$48.92B$1.28B62.2940Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
3.0366 of 5 stars
$5.39
+2.1%
$6.75
+25.2%
N/A$1.18B$298.89M20.731,190
MUX
McEwen
1.3131 of 5 stars
$14.12
+2.2%
$14.83
+5.1%
+54.6%$763.98M$168.17M-56.48430Gap Up

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