Why Coeur Mining Stock Dropped Today

By Rich Smith – Feb 17, 2026 at 10:26AM ESTKey PointsGold and silver prices took another turn lower on Tuesday.Coeur Mining will give an update at a BMO mining conference next week.We’re bullish on these 10 stocks ›NYSE: CDECoeur MiningMarket Cap$14BToday's Changeangle-down(-7.92%) $1.77Current Price$20.64Price as of February 17, 2026 at 10:32 AM ETGold prices fall and -- surprise! -- so does Coeur Mining stock.Up one day and down the next, Coeur Mining (CDE 7.92%) stock must be driving investors bonkers -- but it's pretty easy to explain. Coeur mines gold after all (Coeur also mines silver, zinc, and lead). When the price of gold rises, Coeur stock tends to rise; when the price of gold falls, Coeur stock tends to fall. Today, gold prices are falling, and Coeur stock is following them down: 8% as of 10:10 a.m. ET Tuesday. Image source: Getty Images. Gold and silver prices decline After hitting an all-time high of $5,419.80 per ounce on Jan. 28, gold prices tumbled toward $4,500 in early February, according to data from TradingEconomics.com. Gold moved back above $5,000 on Feb. 8, slipped below it Feb. 12, then up again, then down again. Today, gold sits at $4,855. Coeur's silver holdings aren't helping with the volatility. Like gold, silver prices peaked on Jan. 28 at $116.58 per ounce. Silver fell to $66, then bounced back above $80 -- which appears to be some kind of magic number for silver. Again, prices passed above $80 Feb. 8 and below $80 Feb. 12. What's different here is that silver prices haven't recovered since, remaining well below $80. Today, silver costs $72.69. ExpandNYSE: CDECoeur MiningToday's Change(-7.92%) $-1.77Current Price$20.64Key Data PointsMarket Cap$14BDay's Range$20.58 - $21.6252wk Range$4.58 - $27.77Volume8MAvg Vol22MGross Margin31.80% Is Coeur Mining stock a buy? What's next for Coeur? We should get a clue next week. Coeur just announced it will present at the BMO Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals conference in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 24. No word on what exactly Coeur will say at that conference, but with Coeur stock costing less than 12 times forward earnings, investors could take almost any "good" news Coeur has to report as an excuse to buy the stock. If I were a betting man, I'd bet on Coeur stock to rise.Read NextFeb 13, 2026 •By Rich SmithWhy Coeur Mining Stock Popped TodayFeb 9, 2026 •By Rich SmithWhy Coeur Mining Stock Bounced Back TodayFeb 5, 2026 •By Rich SmithWhy Coeur Mining Stock Keeps FallingSep 22, 2023 •By Steve SymingtonWhy Coeur Mining Stock Soared TodayJul 14, 2023 •By Scott LevineWhy Shares of New Gold, Fortuna Silver Mines, and Coeur Mining Are Soaring This WeekOct 3, 2022 •By Scott LevineWhy Shares of New Gold, Endeavour Silver, and Coeur Mining Are Soaring TodayAbout the AuthorRich Smith is a contributing Motley Fool defense and stock market analyst covering publicly traded and emerging companies in defense, space, aerospace, and other sectors. Prior to The Motley Fool, Rich practiced international corporate law for Clifford Chance in Russia, and for the Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group in Moscow, Kyiv, and Washington, D.C. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the College of William & Mary, a law degree from the University of Baltimore, and a language certification from the International Institute of Russian Language & Culture in Tver, Russian Federation. The Globe and Mail once featured him as “one of the best stock pickers since 2009.”TMFDittyX@RichSmithFoolStocks MentionedCoeur MiningNYSE: CDE$20.64 (7.92%) $1.77*Average returns of all recommendations since inception. Cost basis and return based on previous market day close.