HL vs. CDE, MUX, SQM, SUM, MDU, KNF, USLM, SLCA, UUUU, and LEU
Should you be buying Hecla Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hecla Mining include Coeur Mining (CDE), McEwen Mining (MUX), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Knife River (KNF), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), and Centrus Energy (LEU).
Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) 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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
Coeur Mining presently has a consensus price target of $5.66, suggesting a potential downside of 9.76%. Hecla Mining has a consensus price target of $6.89, suggesting a potential upside of 21.89%. Given Coeur Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 8 more articles in the media than Hecla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Coeur Mining and 9 mentions for Hecla Mining. Coeur Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Hecla Mining's score of 0.82 indicating that Hecla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hecla Mining has a net margin of -12.22% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of -12.77%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of -0.28% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.
63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% 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.
Coeur Mining received 38 more outperform votes than Hecla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.42% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.
Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hecla Mining has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hecla Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coeur Mining. Hecla Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coeur Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hecla Mining beats Coeur Mining on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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