MUX vs. NEXA, SIL, PDL, FIL, SLL, MMX, NLC, U, LMC, and DSV
Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining include Nexa Resources (NEXA), SilverCrest Metals (SIL), North American Palladium (PDL), Filo Mining (FIL), Standard Lithium (SLL), Maverix Metals (MMX), Neo Lithium (NLC), Uranium Participation (U), Leagold Mining (LMC), and Discovery Silver (DSV). These companies are all part of the "industrial metals & minerals" industry.
McEwen Mining vs.
Nexa Resources (TSE:NEXA) and McEwen Mining (TSE:MUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
McEwen Mining received 120 more outperform votes than Nexa Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote while only 54.00% of users gave Nexa Resources an outperform vote.
Nexa Resources has higher revenue and earnings than McEwen Mining. Nexa Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McEwen Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nexa Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share. McEwen Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Nexa Resources pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McEwen Mining pays out 0.4% 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. McEwen Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
23.1% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of McEwen Mining shares are owned 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.
McEwen Mining has a consensus price target of C$20.00, indicating a potential upside of 91.20%. Given McEwen Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe McEwen Mining is more favorable than Nexa Resources.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 51.59% compared to Nexa Resources' net margin of 0.00%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 20.89% beat Nexa Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Nexa Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for McEwen Mining and 0 mentions for Nexa Resources. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Nexa Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
McEwen Mining beats Nexa Resources on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:MUX) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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