Operating margin is thin at 1.34%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue up 13.2% YoY with margins expanding 30.3pp.
Even for strong businesses, today's 13x P/E means the stock needs to keep delivering. There's no margin of safety if growth disappoints.
12.6x earnings. The multiple is below average. Either the market is pricing in deterioration you should investigate, or there's genuine value here.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$248M
▲ +13.2% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$81M
▲ +178.8% YoY
Op. Margin
25.20%
▲ +30.3pp YoY
ROIC
6.82%
▲ +7.7pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF
N/A
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$67M
▼ -76.7% YoY
Net Debt
$35M
Cash & Equiv.
$92M
5Y CAGR: +13.5%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 5 Aug 2026, covering the period ending 30 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 28 Sept 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 21 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is McEwen Mining (MUX) overvalued?
At a P/E of 12.6, McEwen Mining (MUX)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, McEwen Mining scores 39/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
Is McEwen Mining a high-quality business?+
McEwen Mining scores 39 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 25.2% operating margin and a 6.8% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Is McEwen Mining a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh MUX's valuation and scores 39/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
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