HBM vs. ERO, IE, CS, LUN, FM, MX, LUG, BTO, SJ, and ELD
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), Methanex (MX), Lundin Gold (LUG), B2Gold (BTO), Stella-Jones (SJ), and Eldorado Gold (ELD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) and Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Hudbay Minerals received 656 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 54.27% 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 4.34%. Hudbay Minerals' return on equity of 9.21% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
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.
In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 4 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 17 mentions for Ero Copper. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.51 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
76.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Ero Copper shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ero Copper has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ero Copper presently has a consensus price target of C$30.92, suggesting a potential downside of 2.08%. Hudbay Minerals has a consensus price target of C$13.91, suggesting a potential upside of 1.80%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hudbay Minerals is more favorable than Ero Copper.
Summary
Hudbay Minerals beats Ero Copper on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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