HBM vs. ERO, IE, CS, LUN, FM, OR, ELD, CGG, CIA, and MX
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), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Eldorado Gold (ELD), China Gold International Resources (CGG), Champion Iron (CIA), and Methanex (MX). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Hudbay Minerals received 646 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.44% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 55.27% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
66.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Ero Copper shares are held 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 net margin of 21.71% compared to Hudbay Minerals' net margin of 3.93%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 13.96% beat Hudbay Minerals' return on equity.
Hudbay Minerals currently has a consensus target price of C$11.06, indicating a potential downside of 6.25%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of C$26.83, indicating a potential downside of 4.78%. Given Ero Copper's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 1 more articles in the media than Hudbay Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Ero Copper and 24 mentions for Hudbay Minerals. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Hudbay Minerals' score of 0.17 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ero Copper has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudbay Minerals. 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.
Summary
Ero Copper beats Hudbay Minerals on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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