HudBay Minerals (HBM) Competitors

HudBay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) and Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Which has more volatility & risk, HBM or CENX?

HudBay Minerals has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.53, suggesting that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HBM or CENX?

Century Aluminum has higher revenue and earnings than HudBay Minerals. Century Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HudBay Minerals, 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
HudBay Minerals	$2.02B	1.87	$76.70M	$0.38	25.12
Century Aluminum	$2.22B	0.94	$336.80M	$1.16	19.37

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HBM or CENX?

57.8% of HudBay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of HudBay Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor HBM or CENX?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 17 more articles in the media than HudBay Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Century Aluminum and 8 mentions for HudBay Minerals. HudBay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Century Aluminum's score of 0.29 indicating that HudBay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HudBay Minerals	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Aluminum	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer HBM or CENX?

Century Aluminum has a consensus price target of $24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.80%. Given Century Aluminum's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Century Aluminum is more favorable than HudBay Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HudBay Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is HBM or CENX more profitable?

HudBay Minerals has a net margin of 7.40% compared to Century Aluminum's net margin of 4.94%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 18.02% beat HudBay Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HudBay Minerals	7.40%	8.17%	3.95%
Century Aluminum	4.94%	18.02%	6.21%

Summary

Century Aluminum beats HudBay Minerals on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.