HudBay Minerals (HBM) Competitors

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

Is HBM or CENX more profitable?

HudBay Minerals has a net margin of 13.13% 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	13.13%	10.73%	5.28%
Century Aluminum	4.94%	18.02%	6.21%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HBM or CENX?

57.8% of HudBay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HudBay Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are held 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, HBM or CENX?

HudBay Minerals has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HBM or CENX?

In the previous week, HudBay Minerals had 3 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for HudBay Minerals and 12 mentions for Century Aluminum. HudBay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Century Aluminum's score of 0.51 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Aluminum	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate HBM or CENX?

HudBay Minerals presently has a consensus target price of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.27%. Century Aluminum has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.59%. Given HudBay Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe HudBay Minerals is more favorable than Century Aluminum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HudBay Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.23
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HBM or CENX?

Century Aluminum has higher revenue and earnings than HudBay Minerals. HudBay Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Century Aluminum, 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	2.96	$76.70M	$0.73	20.66
Century Aluminum	$2.22B	1.22	$336.80M	$1.16	24.97

Summary

Century Aluminum beats HudBay Minerals on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.