MUX vs. AEM, AG, AGI, FSM, PAAS, SA, WPM, EQX, SVM, and MAG
Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining 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 Mining vs. Its Competitors
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and McEwen Mining (NYSE:MUX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Agnico Eagle Mines presently has a consensus target price of $133.78, suggesting a potential upside of 11.84%. McEwen Mining has a consensus target price of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 31.84%. Given McEwen Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe McEwen Mining is more favorable than Agnico Eagle Mines.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines has higher revenue and earnings than McEwen Mining. McEwen Mining 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.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 26.48% compared to McEwen Mining's net margin of -17.51%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 12.09% beat McEwen Mining's return on equity.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. McEwen Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McEwen Mining pays out -1.8% 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.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 14 more articles in the media than McEwen Mining. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 6 mentions for McEwen Mining. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat McEwen Mining's score of 0.76 indicating that Agnico Eagle Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Agnico Eagle Mines beats McEwen Mining on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MUX) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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