ERO vs. NXE, HBM, PVG, BCB, CXB, NEXA, RUP, SUM, IE, and MMX
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include NexGen Energy (NXE), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Pretium Resources (PVG), Cott (BCB), Calibre Mining (CXB), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), and Maverix Metals (MMX). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Ero Copper vs. Its Competitors
NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both non-metallic and industrial metal mining companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 3.45% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
54.8% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NexGen Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$13.25, indicating a potential upside of 45.60%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of C$27.70, indicating a potential upside of 27.59%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Ero Copper.
NexGen Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ero Copper. NexGen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 11 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ero Copper and 0 mentions for NexGen Energy. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat NexGen Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ero Copper beats NexGen Energy on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ERO) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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