MUX vs. ORL, PVG, COP, AZ, FOM, KNT, SMF, NEXA, SIL, and PDL
Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining include Orocobre (ORL), Pretium Resources (PVG), Coro Mining (COP), Arizona Mining (AZ), Foran Mining (FOM), K92 Mining Inc. (KNT.V) (KNT), Semafo (SMF), Nexa Resources (NEXA), SilverCrest Metals (SIL), and North American Palladium (PDL). These companies are all part of the "industrial metals & minerals" industry.
McEwen Mining vs. Its Competitors
McEwen Mining (TSE:MUX) and Orocobre (TSE:ORL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.
In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 4 more articles in the media than Orocobre. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for McEwen Mining and 0 mentions for Orocobre. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Orocobre's score of 0.00 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McEwen Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Orocobre. McEwen Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orocobre, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 51.59% compared to Orocobre's net margin of 0.00%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 20.89% beat Orocobre's return on equity.
McEwen Mining presently has a consensus price target of C$20.00, indicating a potential downside of 29.90%. Given Orocobre's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Orocobre is more favorable than McEwen Mining.
21.4% of McEwen Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of McEwen Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
McEwen Mining beats Orocobre on 11 of the 15 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 TSE 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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This page (TSE:MUX) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
