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Ero Copper (ERO) Competitors

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ERO vs. FCX, HBM, SCCO, TECK, TGB, NGD, LEU, KNF, NXE, and TTAM

Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), HudBay Minerals (HBM), Southern Copper (SCCO), Teck Resources (TECK), Taseko Mines (TGB), New Gold (NGD), Centrus Energy (LEU), Knife River (KNF), NexGen Energy (NXE), and Titan America (TTAM).

Ero Copper vs. Its Competitors

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) and Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

71.3% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ero Copper has a net margin of 26.63% compared to Freeport-McMoRan's net margin of 7.45%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 17.96% beat Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ero Copper26.63% 17.96% 8.06%
Freeport-McMoRan 7.45%7.37%3.87%

Ero Copper has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 44 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 7 mentions for Ero Copper. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.26 indicating that Freeport-McMoRan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ero Copper
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Freeport-McMoRan
36 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ero Copper currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.56%. Freeport-McMoRan has a consensus price target of $51.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.38%. Given Freeport-McMoRan's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Ero Copper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ero Copper
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Freeport-McMoRan
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

Freeport-McMoRan has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Ero Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freeport-McMoRan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ero Copper$470.26M3.79-$68.47M$1.3712.54
Freeport-McMoRan$25.46B2.58$1.89B$1.3234.61

Summary

Freeport-McMoRan beats Ero Copper on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ERO vs. The Competition

MetricEro CopperMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.79B$14.43B$3.66B$21.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.30%5.06%3.51%
P/E Ratio12.5822.94160.2330.29
Price / Sales3.7915.9817,451.4862.59
Price / Cash11.7319.0924.2518.30
Price / Book2.183.836.754.67
Net Income-$68.47M$418.31M$149.17M$1.00B
7 Day Performance1.15%7.31%3.74%1.66%
1 Month Performance19.47%15.84%12.63%3.48%
1 Year Performance-19.26%66.58%50.12%15.96%

Ero Copper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ERO
Ero Copper
3.6627 of 5 stars
$17.19
-1.0%
$19.00
+10.6%
-17.2%$1.79B$470.26M12.583,374Analyst Upgrade
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.8494 of 5 stars
$45.64
+2.1%
$51.00
+11.7%
+1.3%$64.21B$25.46B34.5828,500Positive News
HBM
HudBay Minerals
3.1913 of 5 stars
$13.88
+2.6%
N/A+81.8%$5.35B$2.02B19.012,803
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.2755 of 5 stars
$109.74
+3.4%
$93.60
-14.7%
+7.6%$85.38B$11.43B24.0116,133Positive News
TECK
Teck Resources
4.9476 of 5 stars
$41.91
+0.0%
$56.88
+35.7%
-20.8%$20.12B$6.48B110.297,200Positive News
TGB
Taseko Mines
3.1763 of 5 stars
$3.66
+3.1%
$5.00
+36.6%
+68.4%$1.16B$578.65M-122.00696
NGD
New Gold
2.3191 of 5 stars
$6.74
+3.4%
$4.56
-32.3%
+120.6%$5.34B$1.03B51.851,570
LEU
Centrus Energy
1.9979 of 5 stars
$243.48
+9.6%
$202.09
-17.0%
+580.3%$4.43B$436.90M55.21280Positive News
KNF
Knife River
3.6344 of 5 stars
$77.34
-0.8%
$114.33
+47.8%
-16.5%$4.42B$2.90B28.754,761
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.257 of 5 stars
$8.44
+10.6%
N/A+42.4%$4.39BN/A-33.7660Positive News
High Trading Volume
TTAM
Titan America
1.0873 of 5 stars
$15.81
+0.6%
$17.07
+8.0%
N/A$2.90B$1.62B0.002,742Positive News

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