HL vs. SLCA, UUUU, EGO, IOSP, TROX, HBM, SXT, OR, MP, and TFPM
Should you be buying Hecla Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hecla Mining include U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Innospec (IOSP), Tronox (TROX), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), MP Materials (MP), and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) and U.S. Silica (NYSE:SLCA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Hecla Mining had 1 more articles in the media than U.S. Silica. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hecla Mining and 4 mentions for U.S. Silica. U.S. Silica's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Hecla Mining's score of -0.38 indicating that U.S. Silica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hecla Mining has a beta of 2.21, suggesting that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Silica has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
U.S. Silica has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Hecla Mining's net margin of -11.69%. U.S. Silica's return on equity of 13.77% 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%. U.S. Silica pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Hecla Mining pays out -20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Silica pays out 5.4% 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. Hecla Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hecla Mining currently has a consensus price target of $6.68, indicating a potential upside of 35.88%. U.S. Silica has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.06%. Given Hecla Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than U.S. Silica.
63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of U.S. Silica shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of U.S. Silica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
U.S. Silica has higher revenue and earnings than Hecla Mining. Hecla Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Silica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
U.S. Silica received 415 more outperform votes than Hecla Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.23% of users gave U.S. Silica an outperform vote while only 56.43% of users gave Hecla Mining an outperform vote.
Summary
U.S. Silica beats Hecla Mining on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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