Aya Gold & Silver (NASDAQ:AYA) & Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) Head to Head Survey

Coeur Mining (NYSE:CDE) and Aya Gold & Silver (NASDAQ:AYA) are both materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Coeur Mining and Aya Gold & Silver, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coeur Mining	0	3	9	1	2.85
Aya Gold & Silver	0	0	2	2	3.50

Coeur Mining presently has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 68.49%. Given Coeur Mining’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Coeur Mining is more favorable than Aya Gold & Silver.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Coeur Mining and Aya Gold & Silver”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coeur Mining	$2.07 billion	7.51	$585.87 million	$1.17	12.94
Aya Gold & Silver	$202.10 million	18.95	$45.56 million	$0.56	47.48

Coeur Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Aya Gold & Silver. Coeur Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aya Gold & Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Coeur Mining and Aya Gold & Silver’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coeur Mining	26.82%	11.03%	7.57%
Aya Gold & Silver	32.92%	25.49%	17.70%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

63.0% of Coeur Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Coeur Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Coeur Mining beats Aya Gold & Silver on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Coeur Mining

Coeur Mining, Inc. explores for precious metals in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company primarily explores for gold, silver, zinc, and lead properties. It markets and sells its concentrates to third-party customers, smelters, under off-take agreements. The company was formerly known as Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation and changed its name to Coeur Mining, Inc. in May 2013. Coeur Mining, Inc. was incorporated in 1928 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

About Aya Gold & Silver

Aya Gold & Silver Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, evaluation and development of precious metals projects principally in Morocco. The company primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. Its flagship project holds Zgounder property. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. is based in Mount Royal, Canada.