MUX vs. CDE, HL, IAG, FSM, SAND, CGAU, SA, SILV, EXK, and TGB
Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining include Coeur Mining (CDE), Hecla Mining (HL), IAMGOLD (IAG), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Endeavour Silver (EXK), and Taseko Mines (TGB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and McEwen Mining (NYSE:MUX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 44.83% compared to McEwen Mining's net margin of -12.77%. Coeur Mining's return on equity of 16.46% beat McEwen Mining's return on equity.
Coeur Mining has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coeur Mining received 174 more outperform votes than McEwen Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.04% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave Coeur Mining an outperform vote.
McEwen Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coeur Mining. Coeur 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.
In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Coeur Mining. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for McEwen Mining and 5 mentions for Coeur Mining. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Coeur Mining's score of 0.41 indicating that Coeur Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Coeur Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Coeur Mining presently has a consensus target price of $4.36, suggesting a potential downside of 24.13%. McEwen Mining has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.35%. Given Coeur Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe McEwen Mining is more favorable than Coeur Mining.
Summary
McEwen Mining beats Coeur Mining on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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