ERO vs. HBM, IE, CS, PRU, CGG, FR, CIA, IMG, EQX, and CEE
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Capstone Copper (CS), Perseus Mining (PRU), China Gold International Resources (CGG), First Majestic Silver (FR), Champion Iron (CIA), IAMGOLD (IMG), Equinox Gold (EQX), and Centamin (CEE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) and Hudbay Minerals (TSE: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 dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Hudbay Minerals received 646 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 54.99% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
81.1% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Ero Copper shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held 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.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 21.71% compared to Hudbay Minerals' net margin of 3.93%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 13.96% beat Hudbay Minerals' return on equity.
Ero Copper presently has a consensus target price of C$27.35, suggesting a potential downside of 6.73%. Hudbay Minerals has a consensus target price of C$11.21, suggesting a potential downside of 3.43%. Given Hudbay Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hudbay Minerals is more favorable than Ero Copper.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 5 more articles in the media than Hudbay Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ero Copper and 7 mentions for Hudbay Minerals. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.47 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ero Copper has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ero Copper has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hudbay Minerals. Ero 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.
Summary
Ero Copper beats Hudbay Minerals on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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