ERO vs. AG, SLVM, SAND, NG, VRTV, OEC, NGVT, TROX, GPRE, and CMP
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include First Majestic Silver (AG), Sylvamo (SLVM), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), NovaGold Resources (NG), Veritiv (VRTV), Orion Engineered Carbons (OEC), Ingevity (NGVT), Tronox (TROX), Green Plains (GPRE), and Compass Minerals International (CMP). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ero Copper vs.
First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) and Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Ero Copper has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 17.65% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -35.59%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 14.30% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
First Majestic Silver received 429 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.92% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First Majestic Silver had 5 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Majestic Silver and 2 mentions for Ero Copper. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Ero Copper's score of -1.24 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
30.4% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First Majestic Silver presently has a consensus target price of $9.40, indicating a potential upside of 64.91%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.35%. Given First Majestic Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Ero Copper.
Summary
First Majestic Silver beats Ero Copper on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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.
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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