HL vs NEM vs CDE Stock Comparison

Hecla Mining, Newmont and Coeur Mining Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HL Hecla Mining Co/De/
$13.98 -23.1% 1M +8.0% 1Y
Market cap
$9.82B
P/E
29.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.60B
Div. yield
–
Silver Basic Materials
3 wins
NEM NEWMONT Corp /DE/
$110.38 -9.1% 1M +32.4% 1Y
Market cap
$118.17B
P/E
12.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.61B
Div. yield
0.01%
Gold Basic Materials
6 wins
CDE Coeur Mining, Inc.
$13.65 -29.0% 1M -26.8% 1Y
Market cap
$14.63B
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.17B
Div. yield
–
Silver Basic Materials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Newmont leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Newmont 6, Hecla Mining 3, Coeur Mining 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHLNEMCDELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.82B $118.17B $14.63B NEM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.5x 12.8x 17.2x NEM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.8x 11.5x 13.6x NEM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +74.4% +23.7% +117.3% CDE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.8% 34.7% 26.8% NEM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 19.9% 8.6% 5.9% HL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.5x -0.5x -0.2x HL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.0% +32.4% -26.8% NEM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +18.2%/yr +13.9%/yr +15.7%/yr HL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 71.1% 48.0% 72.1% NEM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 74/100 71/100 77/100 CDE

Percentile Scorecard

HLNEMCDE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHLNEMCDE
Valuation 61 #64 of 162 72 #46 of 162 80 #33 of 162
Growth 98 #4 of 147 83 #26 of 147 99 #3 of 147
Profitability 93 #10 of 122 84 #21 of 122 75 #31 of 122
Financial Health 88 #21 of 165 54 #77 of 165 72 #47 of 165
Shareholder Returns 32 #73 of 107 65 #38 of 107 58 #46 of 107
Overall 74 71 77
  • HL ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • NEM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • CDE ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHLNEMCDESPY
1 month -23.1%-9.1%-29.0% -0.8%
3 months -7.9%+18.1%-11.2% +3.5%
6 months -24.9%-4.9%-27.7% +7.0%
Year to date -27.1%+10.5%-23.4% +12.2%
1 year +8.0%+32.4%-26.8% +13.0%
3 years +237.7%+183.2%+435.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +50.1%+41.5%+75.0% +23.1%
5 years +130.7%+91.8%+107.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +18.2%+13.9%+15.7% +11.0%
10 years +140.2%+205.1%+24.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year +9.2%+11.8%+2.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHLNEMCDESPY
Volatility, 1Y 71.1%48.0%72.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 70.1%51.3%72.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.631.793.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.110.67-0.37 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -56.5%-65.0%-72.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -56.1%-18.3%-49.7% -1.8%
52-week high $31.81$135.14$27.15 $779.14
52-week low $11.97$78.63$13.47 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHLNEMCDE
P/E now vs peer median 28.1xmedian 12.8x 12.5xmedian 12.8x 16.5xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 3.1x 4.3xmedian 3.1x 4.4xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.8xmedian 7.0x 13.6xmedian 7.0x 8.7xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.4xmedian 15.2x 11.4xmedian 15.2x 12.1xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 2.1x 3.2xmedian 2.1x 1.0xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.27median 0.29 0.10median 0.29 0.20median 0.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHLNEMCDE
Revenue $1.60B $26.61B $3.17B
Gross profit – $18.41B $2.50B
Operating income $737.49M $5.60B $1.07B
Net income $333.98M $9.44B $850.41M
Free cash flow $483.99M $10.07B $1.16B
R&D $30.73M $193.00M –
EPS (diluted) $0.49 $8.79 $0.82
Cash & equivalents $483.48M $8.83B $1.05B
Total debt $7.56M $5.09B $705.29M
Shares (diluted) 675.89M 1.05B 1.03B
Enterprise value $8.29B $83.31B $11.91B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHLNEMCDE
P/E 28.1x 12.5x 16.5x
P/FCF 19.4x 11.4x 12.1x
P/Operating cash flow 12.8x 8.8x 9.6x
P/S 5.9x 4.3x 4.4x
P/B 3.5x 3.2x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 3.5x 3.2x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA 9.8x 13.6x 8.7x
EV/EBIT 12.1x 19.8x 12.8x
EV/Revenue 5.6x 4.2x 4.3x
EV/FCF 18.4x 11.0x 11.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.1x 8.5x 9.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.27 0.10 0.20

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHLNEMCDE
Revenue growth (1Y) 74.4% 23.7% 117.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 30.6% 34.0% 61.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 41.0% 296.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 55.7% 176.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 344.3% 298.7% 203.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 217.6% 45.7% 52.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 233.1% 30.4% 346.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 109.0% 136.8% 146.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 216.5% 34.6% 177.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 102.4% 119.7% 83.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 129.4% 42.0% 226.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 112.8% 60.7% 373.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 293.4% 64.6% 364.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 81.0% 136.1% 73.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHLNEMCDE
Gross margin – 69.2% 79.0%
EBITDA margin 56.9% 30.6% 49.6%
Operating margin 46.0% 21.0% 33.8%
Pretax margin 43.4% 52.8% 33.5%
Net margin 20.8% 34.7% 26.8%
FCF margin 30.2% 37.9% 36.5%
Operating cash flow margin 45.8% 49.2% 46.2%
Return on equity 26.7% 26.5% 3.0%
Return on assets 21.4% 16.3% 2.7%
Return on invested capital 19.9% 8.6% 5.9%
Return on capital employed 23.5% 10.7% 7.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 1.4x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHLNEMCDE
Debt / assets 0.2% 8.7% 4.6%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.1x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.5x -0.5x -0.2x
Debt / FCF 0.0x 0.5x 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 15.9% 38.4% 9.9%
Equity / assets 84.1% 61.6% 90.1%
Interest coverage 27.3x – –
Current ratio 5.2x 2.5x 3.7x
Quick ratio 5.0x 1.9x 2.3x
Cash ratio 3.3x 1.6x 2.2x
Altman Z-score 12.57 4.18 5.93

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHLNEMCDE
Dividend yield 0.0% 0.9% 0.1%
Net buyback yield -0.4% 4.9% 0.3%
Shareholder yield -0.4% 5.9% 0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 11.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -1.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -7.4% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHLNEMCDE
Forward P/E 21.8xFY2026 11.5xFY2026 13.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.64FY2026 $9.57FY2026 $1.00FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +45.5%FY2026 +38.9%FY2026 +25.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +40.6% +10.1% +63.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.49BFY2026 $24.82BFY2026 $4.94BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.1%FY2026 +9.5%FY2026 +138.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -7.2% +20.0% +18.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHLNEMCDE
Held by institutions 72.1% 77.2% 76.7%
Institutions holding 584 1,786 678
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.4% +1.5% +2.7%
Institutions buying 313 841 397
Institutions selling 187 719 192
Buyers to sellers 1.67 1.17 2.07

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HLNEMCDE
HL 1.00 0.81 0.87
NEM 0.81 1.00 0.81
CDE 0.87 0.81 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HL, NEM and CDE?

Newmont (NEM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hecla Mining (HL) $9.82B, Newmont (NEM) $118.17B, Coeur Mining (CDE) $14.63B.

Which stock is cheaper, HL, NEM and CDE?

Newmont (NEM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hecla Mining (HL) 29.5x, Newmont (NEM) 12.8x, Coeur Mining (CDE) 17.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Newmont (NEM) is cheapest (Hecla Mining (HL) 21.8x, Newmont (NEM) 11.5x, Coeur Mining (CDE) 13.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Coeur Mining (CDE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hecla Mining (HL) +74.4%, Newmont (NEM) +23.7%, Coeur Mining (CDE) +117.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Newmont (NEM) has the highest net margin (Hecla Mining (HL) 20.8%, Newmont (NEM) 34.7%, Coeur Mining (CDE) 26.8%). On return on invested capital, Hecla Mining (HL) leads (Hecla Mining (HL) 19.9%, Newmont (NEM) 8.6%, Coeur Mining (CDE) 5.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Newmont (NEM) returned the most: Hecla Mining (HL) +8.0%, Newmont (NEM) +32.4%, Coeur Mining (CDE) -26.8%. Over five years, Hecla Mining (HL) compounded fastest (Hecla Mining (HL) +18.2%/yr, Newmont (NEM) +13.9%/yr, Coeur Mining (CDE) +15.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Hecla Mining (HL) 0.00%, Newmont (NEM) 0.01%, Coeur Mining (CDE) 0.00%. Hecla Mining (HL) and Coeur Mining (CDE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Newmont (NEM) has been the steadiest (Hecla Mining (HL) 71.1%, Newmont (NEM) 48.0%, Coeur Mining (CDE) 72.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HL, NEM and CDE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Newmont (NEM) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.