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HL vs. AG, CDE, EXK, FSM, PAAS, SA, WPM, SVM, MAG, 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), Coeur Mining (CDE), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Fortuna Mining (FSM), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), MAG Silver (MAG), and McEwen (MUX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Hecla Mining vs. Its Competitors

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

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
First Majestic Silver1.78% 1.72% 1.20%
Hecla Mining 9.55%5.51%3.80%

27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Majestic Silver 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus target price of $9.63, indicating a potential upside of 7.36%. Hecla Mining has a consensus target price of $7.36, indicating a potential downside of 8.97%. Given First Majestic Silver's higher probable 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
First Majestic Silver
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Hecla Mining
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Hecla Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. First Majestic Silver pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hecla Mining pays out 6.3% 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 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
First Majestic Silver$560.60M7.79-$101.89M-$0.01-896.50
Hecla Mining$929.92M5.82$35.80M$0.1650.51

In the previous week, Hecla Mining had 5 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hecla Mining and 4 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Hecla Mining's score of 1.18 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

First Majestic Silver has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$5.38B$6.29B$3.44B$21.30B
Dividend Yield0.19%0.94%5.13%3.51%
P/E Ratio50.5217.83110.6029.34
Price / Sales5.827.9633,764,300,431,835,000.0050.88
Price / Cash19.5222.2624.1723.86
Price / Book2.342.726.185.39
Net Income$35.80M$91.54M$150.51M$996.59M
7 Day Performance2.58%0.52%2.03%0.41%
1 Month Performance34.14%13.95%6.63%3.49%
1 Year Performance35.26%83.88%38.45%12.09%

Hecla Mining Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HL
Hecla Mining
3.7353 of 5 stars
$8.08
+0.6%
$7.36
-9.0%
+35.6%$5.38B$929.92M50.521,830Positive News
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AG
First Majestic Silver
1.6686 of 5 stars
$8.92
-0.9%
$9.63
+7.9%
+61.8%$4.35B$560.60M-891.113,818Positive News
CDE
Coeur Mining
3.3351 of 5 stars
$12.15
+0.7%
$9.79
-19.5%
+106.4%$7.81B$1.05B32.842,116Positive News
EXK
Endeavour Silver
1.8486 of 5 stars
$5.76
+0.2%
$8.33
+44.7%
+88.9%$1.67B$217.60M-21.331,120
FSM
Fortuna Mining
3.0374 of 5 stars
$7.49
-0.8%
$8.00
+6.8%
+62.2%$2.30B$1.06B14.982,327Positive News
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.637 of 5 stars
$32.51
-0.4%
$31.40
-3.4%
+61.9%$11.76B$3.12B22.429,000Positive News
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.1908 of 5 stars
$16.36
-1.1%
N/A-6.8%$1.67BN/A-43.0440Positive News
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.4502 of 5 stars
$95.55
0.0%
$97.33
+1.9%
+58.3%$43.38B$1.66B55.2340Positive News
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
3.344 of 5 stars
$4.55
-0.7%
$6.75
+48.4%
N/A$994.36M$298.89M17.501,190
MAG
MAG Silver
N/A$23.60
+60.9%
N/A+83.0%$2.46BN/A23.9010
MUX
McEwen
2.6784 of 5 stars
$10.84
-0.1%
$14.83
+36.8%
+21.0%$586.77M$174.48M-43.38430Positive News

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