CS vs. HBM, ERO, LUN, FM, AGI, WFG, PAAS, SJ, BTO, and LUG
Should you be buying Capstone Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capstone Copper include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ero Copper (ERO), Lundin Mining (LUN), First Quantum Minerals (FM), Alamos Gold (AGI), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Stella-Jones (SJ), B2Gold (BTO), and Lundin Gold (LUG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) and Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
31.5% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Capstone Copper had 1 more articles in the media than Hudbay Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Capstone Copper and 9 mentions for Hudbay Minerals. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Capstone Copper's score of 0.15 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capstone Copper currently has a consensus target price of C$10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.53%. Hudbay Minerals has a consensus target price of C$11.21, suggesting a potential downside of 2.00%. Given Capstone Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Capstone Copper is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.
Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 3.93% compared to Capstone Copper's net margin of -7.56%. Hudbay Minerals' return on equity of 3.68% beat Capstone Copper's return on equity.
Capstone Copper has a beta of 2.36, meaning that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hudbay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Capstone Copper. Capstone Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hudbay Minerals received 183 more outperform votes than Capstone Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.68% of users gave Capstone Copper an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote.
Capstone Copper pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Hudbay Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Capstone Copper pays out -123.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hudbay Minerals pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Capstone Copper is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Hudbay Minerals beats Capstone Copper on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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