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McEwen Mining (MUX-T) is viewed as a divisive stock, often characterized by a polarized sentiment among investors. Trevor Rose highlights the company's aggressive growth through acquisitions initiated by CEO Rob McEwen, who holds a significant 15% ownership stake. However, the stock has seen a steep decline of 34% over the past decade, reflecting challenges in its financial performance. Despite a recent positive cash flow of $47 million, the company's net losses have persisted annually since 2016, attributed to high all-in production costs and a reliance on capital for its operations in Argentina—an area fraught with economic risk. With a market capitalization of $626 million and $12 million in net debt, experts consider MUX to be a risky mid-cap producer, lacking attractive metrics for potential investors.

Consensus
Negative
Valuation
Overvalued
RISKY
Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research

MUX is a 'love it or hate it' stock. Mr. McEwen has his fans, and his not fans. He is an aggressive CEO, and has grown via acquisition. He had good success decades ago, not so much since. He owns 15% of the stock. But, the stock is down 34% in the past 10 years. It is small at $626M. It has $12M net debt. Cash flow was negative for the past four years, but positive $47M in the most recent rolling 12 month period. It has lost money every year since 2016. It needs lots of capital for its Argentina copper mine, and of course the country carries some risks as well. It produced 35,000 ounces of gold last quarter. All-in per ounce production costs are still fairly high, and we would like to see some improvements in this metric. All in, we would consider it one of the riskier mid-cap producers, and not hugely attractive. 
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DON'T BUY
On the sidelines until the CEO impresses him; he's having implementation challenges. He's staying on the sidelines for now. Great CEO though.
HOLD
He likes their long term potential. A lot of investors feel the stock has lost its mojo. He likes it, although he is not a gold bug. He would not see it as need to own gold stock. It is likely a hold at these levels.
COMMENT

He would like to see what Rob McEwen does with the treasury. This may be another one where he would like to pay up, i.e., more for better information, rather than buying in anticipation of the information.

BUY

(Market Call Minute) A smart entrepreneur. They can start spinning out a lot of cash from his projects that he has assembled in this new company. Sometimes it is as smart to stick with the smart investor as with the project.

COMMENT

There have been some operational mistakes, but the CEO has had the courage to fix them. In turnaround situations like this, you need to exhibit some patience. He will be helped in a couple of years by an increase in the price of copper. The latent value is not so much in the gold exposure, but in the copper.

DON'T BUY

One of the principle founders of Gold Corp. He has real issues with Argentina. Gov’t has announced a lot of restrictions on cash flows. It is difficult to get US dollars out of the country. Probably won’t always be the case. There are better alternatives to gold equities with free cash flow and they are more silver.

COMMENT

Has known Rob McEwen for many years and he suspects that his commercial and promotional acumen will make him one of the big winners in this cycle. He has a decent balance sheet and is very smart. Also, he is enormously tenacious.

HOLD

(Market Call Minute.) The owner is a legend and he intends to create the next legend.

BUY
Great company. Have a joint venture with Hochschild Mining in Peru. Also, a big land package surrounding GoldCorp’s (G-T) acquisition Serenegro. Talk of spinning out a copper project. Still likes.
BUY
Likes this one. Great silver play. Have the joint venture play with Hochschild Mining. Also have a copper exploration play (Los Azures), which could ba an opportunity to have spun out.
TOP PICK
About 4 million ounces of silver production in Argentina. Cash flow multiple 8-9X that is reasonable for one asset alone, but has a big land package around Andean Resources of which Goldcorp (G-T) just paid $3.6 billion. Will be starting drilling. Also has about 11 billion pounds of copper.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Aug 1/06. Up 22.5%.) Likes this one very much. A very sound situation.
TOP PICK
Owns 49% of a property that has been put into production in Argentina. That vein seems to be getting larger. This company was cash starved for a long time until uninterested investor took a large position in the stock doubled from then.
BUY
Have a joint venture with Hawkshield down in Argentina. A good project. They are in production which is good. Good management. These types of stocks will have the best bounce in a higher gold price environment.
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McEwen Mining(MUX-T) Rating

Ranking : 3 out of 5

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Bullish - Buy Signals / Votes : 1

Neutral - Hold Signals / Votes : 1

Bearish - Sell Signals / Votes : 0

Total Signals / Votes : 2

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McEwen Mining(MUX-T) Frequently Asked Questions

What is McEwen Mining stock symbol?

McEwen Mining is a Canadian stock, trading under the symbol MUX-T on the Toronto Stock Exchange (MUX-CT). It is usually referred to as TSX:MUX or MUX-T

Is McEwen Mining a buy or a sell?

In the last year, 2 stock analysts published opinions about MUX-T. 1 analyst recommended to BUY the stock. 0 analysts recommended to SELL the stock. The latest stock analyst recommendation is . Read the latest stock experts' ratings for McEwen Mining.

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2 stock analysts on Stockchase covered McEwen Mining In the last year. It is a trending stock that is worth watching.

What is McEwen Mining stock price?

On 2025-04-25, McEwen Mining (MUX-T) stock closed at a price of $10.6.