McEwen Mining (MUX) Competitors

Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and McEwen Mining (NYSE:MUX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

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

63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of McEwen Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of McEwen Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer CDE or MUX?

In the previous week, Coeur Mining had 10 more articles in the media than McEwen Mining. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Coeur Mining and 0 mentions for McEwen Mining. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.98 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Coeur Mining	Positive
McEwen Mining	Very Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CDE or MUX?

McEwen Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coeur Mining. McEwen 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coeur Mining	$1.20B	4.94	-$103.61M	$0.26	35.67
McEwen Mining	$168.95M	3.00	$55.30M	-$0.57	-16.48

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CDE or MUX?

Coeur Mining received 182 more outperform votes than McEwen Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.72% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coeur Mining	Outperform Votes 507 60.72%	Underperform Votes 328 39.28%
McEwen Mining	Outperform Votes 325 60.41%	Underperform Votes 213 39.59%

Is CDE or MUX more profitable?

McEwen Mining has a net margin of 51.31% compared to Coeur Mining's net margin of 5.59%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 20.77% beat Coeur Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coeur Mining	5.59%	6.59%	3.19%
McEwen Mining	51.31%	20.77%	15.70%

Which has more risk & volatility, CDE or MUX?

Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CDE or MUX?

Coeur Mining currently has a consensus price target of $8.10, suggesting a potential downside of 12.67%. McEwen Mining has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.02%. Given McEwen Mining's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe McEwen 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
McEwen Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Summary

Coeur Mining beats McEwen Mining on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.