HL vs. CDE, MUX, SQM, SUM, MDU, KNF, USLM, SLCA, UUUU, and LEU
Should you be buying Hecla Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hecla Mining include Coeur Mining (CDE), McEwen Mining (MUX), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Knife River (KNF), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), and Centrus Energy (LEU).
Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Coeur Mining and Coeur Mining both had 4 articles in the media. Hecla Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.63 indicating that Coeur Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coeur Mining presently has a consensus target price of $4.36, indicating a potential downside of 24.13%. Hecla Mining has a consensus target price of $6.97, indicating a potential upside of 18.31%. Given Coeur Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
Coeur Mining received 38 more outperform votes than Hecla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.44% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.
Hecla Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coeur Mining. Hecla Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coeur Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hecla Mining has a net margin of -12.22% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of -12.77%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of -0.28% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.
Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hecla Mining has a beta of 2.21, meaning that its share price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.
63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Hecla Mining shares are held by company 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
Hecla Mining beats Coeur Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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