HL vs. CMP, PLL, FUL, SMG, AVNT, LTHM, PAAS, NEU, DQ, and SID
Should you be buying Hecla Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hecla Mining include Compass Minerals International (CMP), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Avient (AVNT), Livent (LTHM), Pan American Silver (PAAS), NewMarket (NEU), Daqo New Energy (DQ), and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hecla Mining vs.
Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) and Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Hecla Mining presently has a consensus target price of $5.92, indicating a potential downside of 3.95%. Compass Minerals International has a consensus target price of $53.33, indicating a potential upside of 63.80%. Given Compass Minerals International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than Hecla Mining.
In the previous week, Hecla Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Compass Minerals International. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hecla Mining and 3 mentions for Compass Minerals International. Hecla Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Compass Minerals International's score of 0.32 indicating that Hecla Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
59.7% of Hecla Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Hecla Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hecla Mining received 164 more outperform votes than Compass Minerals International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.12% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote while only 43.76% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote.
Compass Minerals International has higher revenue and earnings than Hecla Mining. Hecla Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass Minerals International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hecla Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Compass Minerals International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Hecla Mining pays out -42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Compass Minerals International pays out -75.0% 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. Compass Minerals International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hecla Mining has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Compass Minerals International has a net margin of -2.15% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of -5.20%. Compass Minerals International's return on equity of 1.98% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.
Summary
Hecla Mining beats Compass Minerals International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Hecla Mining Competitors List
