IE vs. ERO, HBM, AYA, KNT, MAG, SEA, CFP, CG, NGD, and LIF
Should you be buying Ivanhoe Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ivanhoe Electric include Ero Copper (ERO), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), K92 Mining (KNT), MAG Silver (MAG), Seabridge Gold (SEA), Canfor (CFP), Centerra Gold (CG), New Gold (NGD), and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) and Ivanhoe Electric (TSE:IE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
81.1% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.2% of Ivanhoe Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Ero Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.2% of Ivanhoe Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 28 more articles in the media than Ivanhoe Electric. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Ero Copper and 2 mentions for Ivanhoe Electric. Ivanhoe Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Ero Copper's score of -0.21 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ero Copper received 151 more outperform votes than Ivanhoe Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.66% of users gave Ivanhoe Electric an outperform vote while only 54.68% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
Ero Copper presently has a consensus price target of C$29.46, indicating a potential downside of 2.55%. Ivanhoe Electric has a consensus price target of C$24.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.41%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ivanhoe Electric is more favorable than Ero Copper.
Ero Copper has higher revenue and earnings than Ivanhoe Electric. Ivanhoe Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 21.71% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 0.00%. Ivanhoe Electric's return on equity of 13.96% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
Summary
Ero Copper beats Ivanhoe Electric on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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