ERO vs. HBM, NXE, PVG, BCB, CXB, IE, NEXA, RUP, SUM, and MMX
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), NexGen Energy (NXE), Pretium Resources (PVG), Cott (BCB), Calibre Mining (CXB), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), and Maverix Metals (MMX). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Ero Copper vs. Its Competitors
Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Hudbay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Ero Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hudbay Minerals currently has a consensus price target of C$17.25, indicating a potential downside of 8.00%. Ero Copper has a consensus price target of C$27.29, indicating a potential upside of 16.63%. Given Ero Copper's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.
Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 4.23% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 3.45%. Hudbay Minerals' return on equity of 3.74% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 2.016016, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 0.866769, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
43.4% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 10 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 0 mentions for Ero Copper. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.00 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hudbay Minerals beats Ero Copper on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ERO) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
