MUX vs. TECK.A, MND, MDI, SVM, ORA, and EDR
Should you be buying McEwen Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McEwen Mining include Teck Resources (TECK.A), Mandalay Resources (MND), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Aura Minerals (ORA), and Endeavour Silver (EDR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Teck Resources (TSE:TECK.A) and McEwen Mining (TSE:MUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 4 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for McEwen Mining and 0 mentions for Teck Resources. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Teck Resources' score of -0.05 indicating that Teck Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 33.27% compared to McEwen Mining's net margin of 10.60%. Teck Resources' return on equity of 7.73% beat McEwen Mining's return on equity.
Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. McEwen Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Teck Resources pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McEwen Mining pays out 0.6% 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.
Teck Resources has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than McEwen Mining. McEwen Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teck Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
McEwen Mining received 71 more outperform votes than Teck Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote while only 66.51% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote.
0.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of McEwen Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 75.9% of Teck Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of McEwen Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Teck Resources beats McEwen Mining on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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