HBM vs. ERO, IE, CS, LUN, FM, LUG, MX, BTO, SJ, and OR
Should you be buying Hudbay Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudbay Minerals include Ero Copper (ERO), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Capstone Copper (CS), Lundin Mining (LUN), First Quantum Minerals (FM), Lundin Gold (LUG), Methanex (MX), B2Gold (BTO), Stella-Jones (SJ), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 17 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 12 mentions for Ero Copper. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.76 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hudbay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. 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.
65.6% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Ero Copper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Hudbay Minerals' net margin of 3.93%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 9.21% beat Hudbay Minerals' return on equity.
Hudbay Minerals currently has a consensus target price of C$13.77, indicating a potential downside of 1.53%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of C$29.46, indicating a potential downside of 9.39%. Given Hudbay Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hudbay Minerals is more favorable than Ero Copper.
Hudbay Minerals received 653 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.56% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 54.68% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
Summary
Hudbay Minerals beats Ero Copper on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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