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$10.86 -0.09 (-0.83%)
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MUX vs. AEM, AG, AGI, FSM, PAAS, SA, WPM, EQX, SVM, and MAG

Should you be buying McEwen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), First Majestic Silver (AG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Fortuna Mining (FSM), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Seabridge Gold (SA), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Equinox Gold (EQX), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), and MAG Silver (MAG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

McEwen vs. Its Competitors

Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and McEwen (NYSE:MUX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 30.63% compared to McEwen's net margin of -8.05%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 13.79% beat McEwen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Agnico Eagle Mines30.63% 13.79% 9.66%
McEwen -8.05%-2.76%-1.94%

68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of McEwen shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of McEwen shares are held 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.

Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than McEwen. McEwen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Agnico Eagle Mines$8.29B8.32$1.90B$5.8823.32
McEwen$174.48M3.37-$43.69M-$0.25-43.44

Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus price target of $136.90, suggesting a potential downside of 0.14%. McEwen has a consensus price target of $14.83, suggesting a potential upside of 36.60%. Given McEwen's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe McEwen is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Agnico Eagle Mines
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.21
McEwen
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20

In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 22 more articles in the media than McEwen. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 3 mentions for McEwen. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat McEwen's score of 0.95 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Agnico Eagle Mines
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
McEwen
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Agnico Eagle Mines beats McEwen on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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MUX vs. The Competition

MetricMcEwenMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$587.60M$6.46B$3.44B$21.29B
Dividend YieldN/A1.82%5.14%3.52%
P/E Ratio-43.4416.47112.5029.06
Price / Sales3.37549.4631,167,046,552,230,700.0055.22
Price / CashN/A31.1424.1518.24
Price / Book1.168.766.144.70
Net Income-$43.69M$292.30M$150.51M$992.19M
7 Day Performance6.57%0.74%1.47%2.67%
1 Month Performance-5.53%1.22%2.99%2.35%
1 Year Performance14.55%40.32%33.65%10.76%

McEwen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUX
McEwen
2.6523 of 5 stars
$10.86
-0.8%
$14.83
+36.6%
+14.5%$587.60M$174.48M-43.44430
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.4084 of 5 stars
$133.53
+0.1%
$136.90
+2.5%
+65.6%$67.05B$9.66B22.7116,968News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
AG
First Majestic Silver
1.6149 of 5 stars
$8.80
-0.6%
$9.63
+9.4%
+55.3%$4.31B$560.60M-879.123,818
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.1643 of 5 stars
$26.15
+0.6%
$30.38
+16.2%
+44.6%$10.93B$1.35B31.512,400News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
FSM
Fortuna Mining
3.173 of 5 stars
$7.20
-1.4%
$8.00
+11.1%
+55.9%$2.24B$1.06B14.402,327News Coverage
Positive News
PAAS
Pan American Silver
3.525 of 5 stars
$31.74
+0.4%
$31.40
-1.1%
+53.0%$11.48B$3.12B21.899,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
SA
Seabridge Gold
0.2975 of 5 stars
$16.88
+1.0%
N/A-9.6%$1.71BN/A-44.4240News Coverage
Positive News
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.4629 of 5 stars
$93.44
-1.0%
$97.33
+4.2%
+53.8%$42.83B$1.28B54.0140News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
EQX
Equinox Gold
3.9463 of 5 stars
$7.97
-0.1%
$35.00
+339.1%
+35.2%$6.06B$1.51B-132.813,692News Coverage
SVM
Silvercorp Metals
3.3934 of 5 stars
$4.59
+0.2%
$5.93
+29.1%
+19.1%$1.00B$298.89M17.651,190Analyst Revision
MAG
MAG Silver
N/A$23.05
+57.2%
N/A+75.0%$2.39BN/A23.2810

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This page (NYSE:MUX) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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