ERO vs. IE, HBM, CS, EQX, PRU, FR, IMG, CGG, CIA, and CEE
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Capstone Copper (CS), Equinox Gold (EQX), Perseus Mining (PRU), First Majestic Silver (FR), IAMGOLD (IMG), China Gold International Resources (CGG), Champion Iron (CIA), and Centamin (CEE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ivanhoe Electric (TSE:IE) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.
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 has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 0.00%. Ivanhoe Electric's return on equity of 9.21% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 10 more articles in the media than Ivanhoe Electric. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ero Copper and 2 mentions for Ivanhoe Electric. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Ivanhoe Electric's score of 0.76 indicating that Ivanhoe Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
56.2% of Ivanhoe Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 37.2% of Ivanhoe Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Ero Copper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Ivanhoe Electric presently has a consensus target price of C$24.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.15%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of C$29.46, indicating a potential downside of 9.39%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ivanhoe Electric is more favorable than Ero Copper.
Summary
Ero Copper beats Ivanhoe Electric on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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