HL vs. MEOH, TFPM, IOSP, SBSW, KWR, SXT, EGO, OR, CALM, and MP
Should you be buying Hecla Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hecla Mining include Methanex (MEOH), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Innospec (IOSP), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), and MP Materials (MP). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) and Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Hecla Mining has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Methanex had 11 more articles in the media than Hecla Mining. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Methanex and 7 mentions for Hecla Mining. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Hecla Mining's score of 0.56 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Methanex has higher revenue and earnings than Hecla Mining. Hecla Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Methanex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Methanex has a net margin of 4.63% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of -11.69%. Methanex's return on equity of 5.38% beat Hecla Mining's return on equity.
Hecla Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Hecla Mining pays out -20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Methanex pays out 31.4% 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.
63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Methanex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hecla Mining presently has a consensus target price of $6.68, suggesting a potential upside of 30.70%. Methanex has a consensus target price of $54.38, suggesting a potential upside of 12.65%. Given Hecla Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Methanex.
Methanex received 301 more outperform votes than Hecla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote while only 56.43% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.
Summary
Methanex beats Hecla Mining on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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