McEwen Mining (MUX) Competitors

Foran Mining (CVE:FOM) and McEwen Mining (TSE:MUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FOM or MUX?

McEwen Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Foran Mining. Foran Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McEwen 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
Foran Mining	N/A	N/A	-C$8.82M	-C$0.01	-247.76
McEwen Mining	C$145.25M	3.27	C$74.94M	C$2.78	4.53

Does the media prefer FOM or MUX?

In the previous week, Foran Mining had 1 more articles in the media than McEwen Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Foran Mining and 0 mentions for McEwen Mining. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Foran Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Foran Mining	Neutral
McEwen Mining	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FOM or MUX?

6.4% of Foran Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.3% of Foran Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FOM or MUX?

McEwen Mining received 44 more outperform votes than Foran Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote while only 51.50% of users gave Foran Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foran Mining	Outperform Votes 103 51.50%	Underperform Votes 97 48.50%
McEwen Mining	Outperform Votes 147 66.82%	Underperform Votes 73 33.18%

Is FOM or MUX more profitable?

McEwen Mining has a net margin of 51.59% compared to Foran Mining's net margin of 0.00%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 20.89% beat Foran Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foran Mining	N/A	-1.14%	-3.01%
McEwen Mining	51.59%	20.89%	-3.02%

Do analysts recommend FOM or MUX?

Foran Mining currently has a consensus target price of C$5.20, suggesting a potential upside of 60.99%. McEwen Mining has a consensus target price of C$20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.98%. Given Foran Mining's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Foran Mining is more favorable than McEwen Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Foran Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
McEwen Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Which has more risk & volatility, FOM or MUX?

Foran Mining has a beta of 3.68, suggesting that its stock price is 268% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

McEwen Mining beats Foran Mining on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.