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Ero Copper (ERO) Competitors

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ERO vs. FCX, HBM, SCCO, TECK, TGB, KNF, NXE, LEU, NGD, 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), Knife River (KNF), NexGen Energy (NXE), Centrus Energy (LEU), New Gold (NGD), and Titan America (TTAM).

Ero Copper vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Freeport-McMoRan$25.46B2.41$1.89B$1.3232.28
Ero Copper$470.26M3.08-$68.47M$1.3710.20

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
Freeport-McMoRan7.45% 7.37% 3.87%
Ero Copper 26.63%17.96%8.06%

80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 39 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 6 mentions for Ero Copper. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.49 indicating that Freeport-McMoRan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Freeport-McMoRan
35 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ero Copper
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Freeport-McMoRan presently has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.68%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 68.21%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Freeport-McMoRan.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Freeport-McMoRan
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Ero Copper
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Summary

Freeport-McMoRan beats Ero Copper on 10 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

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.
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ERO vs. The Competition

MetricEro CopperMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.45B$12.69B$3.35B$20.93B
Dividend YieldN/A2.54%5.18%3.65%
P/E Ratio10.2019.36117.4528.82
Price / Sales3.0812.5228,664,708,927,614,900.0060.02
Price / Cash9.3816.1923.9822.93
Price / Book1.772.896.055.45
Net Income-$68.47M$418.31M$148.72M$994.60M
7 Day Performance3.05%4.48%2.16%2.64%
1 Month Performance-7.48%7.33%3.29%1.60%
1 Year Performance-26.55%43.78%33.74%15.97%

Ero Copper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ERO
Ero Copper
4.2567 of 5 stars
$13.97
+1.8%
$23.50
+68.2%
-27.4%$1.45B$470.26M10.203,374
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.8168 of 5 stars
$40.42
+1.0%
$51.00
+26.2%
+1.3%$57.53B$25.46B30.6228,500Positive News
HBM
HudBay Minerals
2.4187 of 5 stars
$9.25
+2.0%
N/A+33.8%$3.58B$2.02B24.332,803News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.2989 of 5 stars
$93.08
+1.5%
$91.00
-2.2%
-2.1%$72.98B$11.43B20.3716,133News Coverage
Positive News
TECK
Teck Resources
4.9187 of 5 stars
$32.56
+3.0%
$60.11
+84.6%
-29.9%$15.27B$6.48B85.697,200Positive News
TGB
Taseko Mines
2.2898 of 5 stars
$3.09
+0.3%
$5.00
+61.8%
+53.9%$977.91M$600.30M-103.00696Analyst Revision
KNF
Knife River
1.7988 of 5 stars
$84.53
+1.4%
$114.17
+35.1%
+27.7%$4.72B$2.90B26.674,761News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.0813 of 5 stars
$6.76
+4.3%
N/A+21.5%$3.70BN/A-42.2560Analyst Revision
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.0223 of 5 stars
$210.05
+0.8%
$178.64
-15.0%
+455.9%$3.58B$471.40M47.63280Analyst Revision
NGD
New Gold
2.1693 of 5 stars
$4.41
+3.5%
$4.38
-0.6%
+112.9%$3.37B$1.03B33.931,570Positive News
TTAM
Titan America
N/A$14.38
+4.2%
$17.07
+18.7%
N/A$2.54B$1.63B0.002,742

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This page (NYSE:ERO) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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