Ero Copper (ERO) Competitors $14.88 +0.20 (+1.33%) Closing price 07/23/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.90 +0.02 (+0.13%) As of 04:01 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ERO vs. FCX, HBM, SCCO, TECK, TGB, KNF, NXE, LEU, NGD, and TMCShould 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), Knife River (KNF), NexGen Energy (NXE), Centrus Energy (LEU), New Gold (NGD), and TMC the metals (TMC). Ero Copper vs. Its Competitors Freeport-McMoRan HudBay Minerals Southern Copper Teck Resources Taseko Mines Knife River NexGen Energy Centrus Energy New Gold TMC the metals Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) and Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations. Which has more risk and volatility, ERO or FCX? Ero Copper has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate ERO or FCX? Ero Copper presently has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 57.98%. Freeport-McMoRan has a consensus target price of $50.71, indicating a potential upside of 13.14%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Freeport-McMoRan.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Ero Copper 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.83Freeport-McMoRan 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 3 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.78 Does the media prefer ERO or FCX? In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 28 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 11 mentions for Ero Copper. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.53 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 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Freeport-McMoRan 29 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ERO or FCX? Freeport-McMoRan has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Freeport-McMoRan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEro Copper$470.26M3.28-$68.47M$0.1787.50Freeport-McMoRan$25.46B2.53$1.89B$1.2137.05 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ERO or FCX? 71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is ERO or FCX more profitable? Freeport-McMoRan has a net margin of 7.11% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 3.87%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 14.24% beat Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ero Copper3.87% 14.24% 6.44% Freeport-McMoRan 7.11%7.03%3.68% SummaryFreeport-McMoRan beats Ero Copper on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Ero Copper News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ERO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ERO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ERO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricEro CopperMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.52B$13.78B$3.34B$20.89BDividend YieldN/A2.31%5.15%3.62%P/E Ratio87.5131.39107.2927.93Price / Sales3.2811.2628,760,257,957,374,600.0073.08Price / Cash10.1415.4923.9422.61Price / Book1.892.926.104.70Net Income-$68.47M$418.31M$147.72M$993.85M7 Day Performance3.06%2.44%2.61%1.99%1 Month Performance-6.83%13.66%8.25%5.85%1 Year Performance-21.96%27.68%30.23%13.36% Ero Copper Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)EROEro Copper4.1613 of 5 stars$14.88+1.3%$23.50+58.0%-24.2%$1.52B$470.26M87.513,374Upcoming EarningsFCXFreeport-McMoRan4.9461 of 5 stars$45.64-1.6%$51.00+11.7%-1.0%$65.59B$25.46B37.7228,500Trending NewsEarnings ReportGap DownHBMHudBay Minerals2.9663 of 5 stars$10.480.0%N/A+27.7%$4.14B$2.09B27.572,803Analyst RevisionSCCOSouthern Copper2.3896 of 5 stars$100.06-1.5%$91.60-8.5%-4.7%$79.67B$11.43B21.9016,133Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsTECKTeck Resources4.9238 of 5 stars$38.36+0.1%$63.14+64.6%-15.8%$18.53B$6.48B66.157,200Analyst RevisionTGBTaseko Mines2.1999 of 5 stars$3.54-1.4%N/A+53.9%$1.12B$600.30M-118.00696KNFKnife River3.1506 of 5 stars$78.75-0.2%$117.17+48.8%+2.8%$4.46B$2.90B24.844,761NXENexGen Energy0.2248 of 5 stars$6.76+2.2%N/A+7.7%$3.86BN/A-42.2760Positive NewsLEUCentrus Energy2.3069 of 5 stars$216.27+4.8%$175.00-19.1%+425.0%$3.68B$471.40M49.04280Analyst UpgradeGap UpNGDNew Gold2.1202 of 5 stars$4.61-1.9%$4.13-10.3%+104.1%$3.65B$941.50M35.461,570TMCTMC the metals1.2567 of 5 stars$7.28+10.8%$6.75-7.3%+535.8%$2.64BN/A-31.6530High Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Freeport-McMoRan Alternatives HudBay Minerals Alternatives Southern Copper Alternatives Teck Resources Alternatives Taseko Mines Alternatives Knife River Alternatives NexGen Energy Alternatives Centrus Energy Alternatives New Gold Alternatives TMC the metals Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ERO) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBuffett to put 90% of his money in this one stock?CPA and CFA says you have WAY too many stocks - just buy these 3 After years working at the biggest accoun...Altimetry | SponsoredThink you missed gold’s boom? 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