ERO vs. MTRN, IAG, AG, CDE, NGVT, SCL, MTX, ANDE, CALM, and WS
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include Materion (MTRN), IAMGOLD (IAG), First Majestic Silver (AG), Coeur Mining (CDE), Ingevity (NGVT), Stepan (SCL), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Andersons (ANDE), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), and Worthington Steel (WS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Materion has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Materion 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 14.23% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 5.19%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 12.32% beat Materion's return on equity.
93.6% of Materion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Materion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Materion presently has a consensus target price of $142.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.79%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.54%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Materion is more favorable than Ero Copper.
Materion received 308 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.34% of users gave Materion an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Materion had 3 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Materion and 8 mentions for Ero Copper. Materion's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.73 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Materion has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Materion beats Ero Copper on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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