Hudbay Minerals (HBM) Competitors

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) and Ferroglobe (NASDAQ:GSM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, HBM or GSM?

Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferroglobe has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HBM or GSM?

80.2% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of Ferroglobe shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Ferroglobe shares are held by company 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.

Is HBM or GSM more profitable?

Ferroglobe has a net margin of 14.42% compared to Hudbay Minerals' net margin of 0.87%. Ferroglobe's return on equity of 60.74% beat Hudbay Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudbay Minerals	0.87%	1.38%	0.50%
Ferroglobe	14.42%	60.74%	21.91%

Do analysts rate HBM or GSM?

Hudbay Minerals presently has a consensus target price of $10.11, indicating a potential upside of 111.89%. Ferroglobe has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 130.13%. Given Ferroglobe's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ferroglobe is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudbay Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ferroglobe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HBM or GSM?

Ferroglobe received 49 more outperform votes than Hudbay Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.32% of users gave Ferroglobe an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hudbay Minerals	Outperform Votes 513 60.00%	Underperform Votes 342 40.00%
Ferroglobe	Outperform Votes 562 71.32%	Underperform Votes 226 28.68%

Does the media prefer HBM or GSM?

In the previous week, Ferroglobe had 2 more articles in the media than Hudbay Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ferroglobe and 1 mentions for Hudbay Minerals. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Ferroglobe's score of 0.50 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ferroglobe	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HBM or GSM?

Ferroglobe has higher revenue and earnings than Hudbay Minerals. Ferroglobe 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	$1.46 billion	0.86	$70.38 million	$0.04	119.28
Ferroglobe	$2.60 billion	0.34	$440.31 million	$1.74	2.75

Summary

Ferroglobe beats Hudbay Minerals on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.