Hecla Mining (HL) 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Does the media refer more to CDE or HL?

In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 15 more articles in the media than Hecla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Coeur Mining and 8 mentions for Hecla Mining. Hecla Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Coeur Mining's score of 1.02 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	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hecla Mining	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	4.17	-$103.61M	$0.26	30.12
Hecla Mining	$1.00B	3.23	$35.80M	$0.11	46.45

Do analysts recommend CDE or HL?

Coeur Mining presently has a consensus price target of $8.10, suggesting a potential upside of 3.45%. Hecla Mining has a consensus price target of $7.20, suggesting a potential upside of 40.90%. Given Hecla Mining's higher possible 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Which has more volatility and risk, CDE or HL?

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

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%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CDE or HL?

63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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