HBM vs. MP, GSM, CRML, LAAC, LAC, CLF, TROX, SLVM, CALM, and OR
Should you be buying Hudbay Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudbay Minerals include MP Materials (MP), Ferroglobe (GSM), Critical Metals (CRML), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Lithium Americas (LAC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Tronox (TROX), Sylvamo (SLVM), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
MP Materials (NYSE:MP) and Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
52.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of MP Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hudbay Minerals received 471 more outperform votes than MP Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.11% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 60.28% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote.
Hudbay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. Hudbay Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MP Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MP Materials has a net margin of 9.59% compared to MP Materials' net margin of 3.95%.
In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 13 more articles in the media than MP Materials. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 11 mentions for MP Materials. MP Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Hudbay Minerals' score of 0.03 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MP Materials currently has a consensus target price of $23.64, indicating a potential upside of 47.77%. Hudbay Minerals has a consensus target price of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.98%. Given Hudbay Minerals' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MP Materials is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.
MP Materials has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hudbay Minerals beats MP Materials on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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