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McEwen Inc.MUX.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Materials›Precious Metals

Operates gold-silver mines in Canada and Mexico and develops the large Los Azules copper project in Argentina.

Momentum laggard 18
Mkt cap
$954M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
84%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$973,998
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
31.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-13.6 pp
WACC 13.0%
Hurdle
+44 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
4 days
10 Nov 2026
Close · CADC$21.95
1D+4.9%
1W+13.1%
1M-9.4%
3M-17.8%
6M-31.0%
YTD-13.8%
1Y-10.1%
ATR %5.7%
52w lowhigh45.2% off high

What McEwen does

Operates gold-silver mines in Canada and Mexico and develops the large Los Azules copper project in Argentina.

Sells the gold and silver it mines at market prices, so output and metal prices set income, while the Los Azules copper project is still being developed. It sits in a subsidiary, McEwen Copper, in which outside investors including Rio Tinto and Stellantis hold stakes, so McEwen Inc. owns only part of it.

Products and services

  • Fox Complex, Canada
  • Fenix (Gold Bar/El Gallo), Mexico
  • Los Azules copper project, Argentina (McEwen Copper)
  • San Jose JV, Argentina

Customers

  • Gold/silver/copper refiners and traders

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Precious/base metals
  • Gold-silver mining + copper development
  • Multi-country, multi-metal operator

What could go right

  • Copper price strength benefits Los Azules value
  • Gold/silver price strength

What could go wrong

  • Small-scale, higher-cost legacy gold/silver operations
  • Los Azules requires large external financing

Moat: none (installed base). Diversified but small-scale operations across several countries; no significant cost or scale advantage.

Headquarters: Toronto, Canada · Founded: 2012 · Employees: 486

Named competitors

McEwen at a glance

Size McEwen (MUX.TO) is a Canada Materials company (Precious Metals) with a market value of $954M, the 251st largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$21.95 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 31.0%, against -9.5% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 54.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +69.2%); the operating margin is -2.7% (peer median 26.8%).

Valuation It trades at 31.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.5× (2nd most expensive of 10).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 60% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +15%, so the hurdle is +44 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 13.6 points below its cost of capital (13.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 88MUX.TO 66
Six months, rebased to 100: McEwen against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

McEwen financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$353MC$271MC$251MC$220MC$150M
Revenue growth—+8%+14%+47%—
Gross profitC$60.2MC$28.7MC$16.8M-C$8.24M-C$26.6M
EBITDAC$38.4MC$24.6MC$29.2M-C$94.4M-C$101M
Net incomeC$115MC$47.3M-C$62.9MC$73.3M-C$110M
Free cash flowC$9.00M-C$48.8M-C$19.6M-C$86.7M-C$112M
Capital expenditureC$85.7MC$61.3MC$62.0MC$34.6MC$32.8M
Total debtC$182MC$177MC$61.4MC$56.0MC$91.4M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

McEwen competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%-20%-10%0%000409HSLVEQROMGCRMLNUAGGGDHMMCPNRLGDOGGASMDCFFMBZKCNVZLACYLMUX.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. McEwen is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%+150%0×20×40×60×000409EQRGGDPNRASMKCNCYLMUX.TORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. McEwen is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%0%50%100%GGDPNRASMKCNCYLMUX.TOGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. McEwen is the large dot.

McEwen competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MUX.TO vs HL vs CDE vs AG.TO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
McEwen MUX.TO$954M-31%+54%-3%31.8×59.7%
Hecla Mining HL$9.90B-21%+30%48%18.1×8.0%
Coeur Mining CDE$15.9B-17%+117%35%12.1×10.9%
First Majestic Silver AG.TO$7.52B-27%+96%44%18.1×9.2%
Lundin Mining LUN.TO$18.1B-18%+29%36%14.1×15.2%

How McEwen compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

McEwen against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMUX.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-9.4%-9.3%11th highest of 21
6-month return-31.0%-9.5%4th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-45.2%-42.5%9th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+54.1%+69.2%3rd lowest of 9
Operating margin-2.7%26.8%3rd lowest of 11
Forward P/E31.8×11.5×2nd most expensive of 10
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)59.7%6.4%most demanding of 7
Growth delivered (Del g)+15.2%+42.1%2nd lowest of 6
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+44.5 pp-41.0 ppmost demanding of 6
ROIC minus cost of capital-13.6 pp-11.3 pp10th highest of 19
EV / EBITDA36.2×11.1×2nd most expensive of 8
Net debt / EBITDA1.4×-0.5×most indebted of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
McEwen MUX.TOCanada$954M-31%+54%-3%31.8×59.7%+15.2%
Yunding Technology 000409.SZChina$960M-18%+6%6%69.8×n/an/a
Highlander Silver HSLV.TOCanada$906M-23%n/a-60%n/an/an/a
EQ Resources EQR.AXAustralia$1.01B+6%+150%11%4.3×n/an/a
Omai Gold Mines OMG.VCanada$879M-23%n/an/an/an/an/a
Critical Metals CRMLUnited States$864M-58%n/an/an/an/an/a
New Pacific Metals NUAG.TOCanada$1.05B0%n/an/an/an/an/a
RIO2 RIO.TOCanada$1.08B-6%n/a20%6.1×36.3%n/a
Gogold Resources GGD.TOCanada$1.08B+19%+64%47%29.0×13.3%+13.8%
Hemlo Mining HMMC.TOCanada$1.09B-9%n/an/a10.8×n/an/a
Pantoro Gold PNR.AXAustralia$826M-9%+35%34%12.2×-0.5%+40.5%
Liberty Gold LGD.TOCanada$819M+50%n/an/an/an/an/a
Cadillac Mines CADY.TOCanada$815Mn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Osisko Gold OGG.VCanada$814M-18%+805%-51%n/an/an/a
Avino Silver & Gold Mines ASM.TOCanada$799M-30%+54%44%14.0×23.6%+42.1%
Dakota Gold DCUnited States$798M-1%n/an/an/an/an/a
FireFly Metals FFM.AXAustralia$798M-31%n/an/an/an/an/a
Benz Mining BZ.VCanada$1.15B+120%n/an/an/an/an/a
Kingsgate Consolidated KCN.AXAustralia$779M-39%+77%38%11.5×-6.9%+117.2%
Vizsla Silver VZLA.TOCanada$1.18B-1%n/an/an/an/an/a
Catalyst Metals CYL.AXAustralia$746M-28%+75%45%9.5×-15.5%+85.8%

Questions

Who are McEwen's main competitors?
Named competitors: Hecla Mining (HL), Coeur Mining (CDE), First Majestic Silver (AG.TO), Lundin Mining (LUN.TO). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Yunding Technology (000409.SZ), Highlander Silver (HSLV.TO), EQ Resources (EQR.AX), Omai Gold Mines (OMG.V), Critical Metals (CRML), New Pacific Metals (NUAG.TO).
Is McEwen expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 31.8× against a peer median of 11.5×, 2nd most expensive of 10 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 60% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +15%, so the hurdle is +44 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has McEwen stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -31.0% against -9.5% for the median peer; over one year -10.1%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.