MP vs. HBM, GSM, CRML, LAAC, LAC, CLF, TROX, CALM, OR, and EGO
Should you be buying MP Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MP Materials include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ferroglobe (GSM), Critical Metals (CRML), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Lithium Americas (LAC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Tronox (TROX), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and Eldorado Gold (EGO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
MP Materials (NYSE:MP) and Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
MP Materials has a net margin of 9.59% compared to Hudbay Minerals' net margin of 3.95%.
In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 8 more articles in the media than MP Materials. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 10 mentions for MP Materials. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat MP Materials' score of -0.03 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hudbay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. Hudbay Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MP Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MP Materials has a beta of 2.41, meaning that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
52.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of MP Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MP Materials currently has a consensus price target of $23.64, suggesting a potential upside of 47.45%. Hudbay Minerals has a consensus price target of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.00%. Given MP Materials' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MP Materials is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.
Hudbay Minerals received 471 more outperform votes than MP Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.11% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 60.28% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote.
Summary
Hudbay Minerals beats MP Materials on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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