HOC vs. RSG, PAF, GGP, AMRQ, CEY, SRC, ELM, ADT1, MSLH, and IBST
Should you be buying Hochschild Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hochschild Mining include Resolute Mining (RSG), Pan African Resources (PAF), Greatland Gold (GGP), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Centamin (CEY), SigmaRoc (SRC), Elementis (ELM), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Marshalls (MSLH), and Ibstock (IBST). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) and Resolute Mining (LON:RSG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Hochschild Mining currently has a consensus price target of GBX 140, indicating a potential downside of 7.41%. Resolute Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 27, indicating a potential upside of 20.54%. Given Resolute Mining's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Resolute Mining is more favorable than Hochschild Mining.
Resolute Mining has a net margin of 10.39% compared to Hochschild Mining's net margin of -7.93%. Resolute Mining's return on equity of 18.06% beat Hochschild Mining's return on equity.
Hochschild Mining received 343 more outperform votes than Resolute Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 89.09% of users gave Resolute Mining an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Hochschild Mining an outperform vote.
Resolute Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hochschild Mining. Hochschild Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resolute Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hochschild Mining has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resolute Mining has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hochschild Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Resolute Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hochschild Mining and 0 mentions for Resolute Mining. Hochschild Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Resolute Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Hochschild Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
43.1% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.9% of Resolute Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 38.6% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Resolute Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Resolute Mining beats Hochschild Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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