ERO vs. CGBD, ECC, BPRN, MDXH, TWN, TX, RGLD, X, CLF, and AXTA
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Princeton Bancorp (BPRN), MDxHealth (MDXH), The Taiwan Fund (TWN), Ternium (TX), Royal Gold (RGLD), United States Steel (X), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), and Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA).
Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) and Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 38.15% compared to Carlyle Secured Lending's net margin of 14.23%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 12.92% beat Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 11 more articles in the media than Carlyle Secured Lending. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ero Copper and 3 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Carlyle Secured Lending's score of 0.73 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ero Copper has higher revenue and earnings than Carlyle Secured Lending. Carlyle Secured Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carlyle Secured Lending currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.46%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.26%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Carlyle Secured Lending.
Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Carlyle Secured Lending received 184 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.72% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Carlyle Secured Lending beats Ero Copper on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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