ERO vs. LUN, KAT, TRQ, CS, HBM, IE, NSU, AYM, CMMC, and III
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include Lundin Mining (LUN), Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (KAT), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Capstone Copper (CS), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Atalaya Mining (AYM), Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC), and Imperial Metals (III). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
Lundin Mining (TSE:LUN) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 3.04%. Lundin Mining's return on equity of 9.21% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
56.7% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.7% of Lundin Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Ero Copper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lundin Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Ero Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lundin Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lundin Mining has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lundin Mining received 508 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.78% of users gave Lundin Mining an outperform vote while only 54.27% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
Lundin Mining presently has a consensus target price of C$16.04, indicating a potential downside of 5.48%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of C$30.92, indicating a potential downside of 2.08%. Given Lundin Mining's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Lundin Mining.
In the previous week, Lundin Mining had 5 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Lundin Mining and 17 mentions for Ero Copper. Lundin Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.48 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Lundin Mining and Ero Copper tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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