Hochschild Mining (HOC) Competitors

Endeavour Mining (LON:EDV) and Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is EDV or HOC a better dividend stock?

Endeavour Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Hochschild Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Endeavour Mining pays out 107.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hochschild Mining pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, EDV or HOC?

Endeavour Mining has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hochschild Mining has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EDV or HOC?

Endeavour Mining currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,150, indicating a potential upside of 11.96%. Hochschild Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 315.83, indicating a potential upside of 1.03%. Given Endeavour Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Endeavour Mining is more favorable than Hochschild Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hochschild Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EDV or HOC?

56.4% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.6% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer EDV or HOC?

In the previous week, Hochschild Mining had 4 more articles in the media than Endeavour Mining. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hochschild Mining and 1 mentions for Endeavour Mining. Hochschild Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Endeavour Mining's score of 0.20 indicating that Hochschild Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Endeavour Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hochschild Mining	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is EDV or HOC more profitable?

Hochschild Mining has a net margin of 3.79% compared to Endeavour Mining's net margin of -14.83%. Hochschild Mining's return on equity of 4.90% beat Endeavour Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Endeavour Mining	-14.83%	-11.19%	3.54%
Hochschild Mining	3.79%	4.90%	7.11%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EDV or HOC?

Hochschild Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Endeavour Mining. Hochschild Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Endeavour Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Endeavour Mining	£3.70B	1.83	-£423.98M	£0.91	3,091.73
Hochschild Mining	£1.08B	1.49	£38.41M	£0.29	1,077.93

Summary

Hochschild Mining beats Endeavour Mining on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.