CLF vs. HBM, MP, KGC, RGLD, X, TX, ATI, FMC, GGB, and AXTA
Should you be buying Cleveland-Cliffs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cleveland-Cliffs include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Kinross Gold (KGC), Royal Gold (RGLD), United States Steel (X), Ternium (TX), ATI (ATI), FMC (FMC), Gerdau (GGB), and Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) and Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 3.95% compared to Hudbay Minerals' net margin of 1.78%. Hudbay Minerals' return on equity of 8.69% beat Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity.
Cleveland-Cliffs received 185 more outperform votes than Hudbay Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.28% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 53.36% of users gave Cleveland-Cliffs an outperform vote.
Cleveland-Cliffs has higher revenue and earnings than Hudbay Minerals. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cleveland-Cliffs had 4 more articles in the media than Hudbay Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs and 22 mentions for Hudbay Minerals. Cleveland-Cliffs' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Hudbay Minerals' score of 0.33 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hudbay Minerals currently has a consensus target price of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.05%. Cleveland-Cliffs has a consensus target price of $20.42, indicating a potential upside of 18.15%. Given Hudbay Minerals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cleveland-Cliffs is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.
57.8% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cleveland-Cliffs beats Hudbay Minerals on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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